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RESIDENT REVIEWER – MARTHA CHEVES

DEAD MAN OHIO

By:
RE-LA Menu

T.M. Simmons

ASIN: B00N519VJC
Publisher: T. M. Simmons
Publication Date: August 28, 2014
Pages: 312
Kindle
The thing in front of us drew himself up and glared at me. I could tell it was
male - or at least projected a male appearance. Bare skin gleamed in the
overhead light as though he'd smeared himself with bear grease, and there
were no breasts other than the small brown nipples on his muscular chest.
The rest of his body rivaled pictures I'd seen of men with toned but not
over-blown bodies. He exuded maleness, even beneath his outlandish
facade. Still, no amount of projected masculinity could overcome my
senses. Mr. Muscles had been dead for a long while.

MARTHA CHEVES
AUTHOR/REVIEWER

Yet, the image was a ghost, spirit or whatever you want to call him. And as
it turned out, he wasn't the only one lingering around Alice's Aunt Twila's
home and that of her neighbors. Turns out that this spirit was called Free
Eagle and he had been dead for centuries.
Alice had been called by her ex-husband to 'please' come to Ohio to see if
she could help out her Aunt Twila. Apparently there was a spirit that had
been causing her trouble and she didn't seem to be able to gain control over
it. That was all it took for Alice and her neighbor and friend Granny to jump
into the car and make the trip from Texas to Ohio. And it didn't take long
for Alice to discover that there was more than one ghost to be dealt with.

BUY

Then there are the Ohio Grassmen. Story goes that they live in the area, are
covered with grass and stand 8 - 10 feet tall. They are big! Just like the
'thing' that was seen depositing a body on Twila's property the night Alice
and Granny showed up. Turns out that he had been murdered and he
refused to leave until he found the person who killed him.
Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you that Alice and Aunt Twila are 'ghost hunters.'

T. M. SIMMONS

I think I've read everything paranormal this author has written and I can't
get enough. Be it her series with Alice and Twila or her true Ghost Hunting
Diaries, I have a hard time putting them down. This author is addictive and
I hope I'll have another fix coming my way from her soon.

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