by Jennifer Crusie
Jennifer Crusie is another Chic Lit author that I enjoy. I saw this book at a Big Lots, or one of those overstock type stores, marked way down and couldn't resist buying it without even reading jacket. It turned out to be a fun read, but certainly not what I was expecting from Crusie.
Maybe This Time is a ghost story. It is Chic Lit, too, but definitely revolves around the ghosts.
I wasn't expecting that.
For a large sum of money Andie agrees to care for the orphaned charges of her ex-husband. An arrangement meant to last only 30 days in another part of the state. She arrives at the crusty old mansion the children live in to be received by a bossy housekeeper and two young children, all of whom seem to want to make her life miserable. Determined to earn the large sum money offered her for caring for the children she wins them over but still has not convinced them to move from the castle.
Twists and turns abound as a disbeliever becomes attuned to her sensitivity of the spirit world. Some twists are the usual ones you expect pretty much from the beginning of the book and others surprise you. And there are the ones that make you laugh out loud.
I give Ms. Crusie a rating of 4 of 5 shots for another fun read.
