Happy #MummyMonday, friends! 🎉 Today, I’m diving into a heart-warming romance that proves it’s never too late for love—even when retirement is just around the corner. 💕

I was lucky enough to receive a paperback copy of “Ghosted” by Mo Fanning from the author in exchange for my honest thoughts, and I can’t wait to share my review with you. Ready to discover a story about second chances, laughter, and love? Let’s jump in! 📖✨

My Review of “Ghosted” by Mo Fanning

It took a little effort for me to get involved with this book. Silas is not really likeable at first, and Ellen is a bit distant when we first meet her. She comes across as a grumpy old woman to be honest! But I stuck with the book and I’m glad that I did. While the subplot that Silas unwittingly gets involved with is a little ridiculous it is totally believable and probably does happen.

I enjoyed the slow romance between two older characters who were just average people with no specific professional achievements to brag about. They worked minimum wage jobs all their adult lives, they raised children, they lost their spouses in tragic circumstances. And then they found each other.

The book is about how we can still learn a lot of lessons as we grow older. We can learn that our own children are not perfect and that we are not necessarily to blame for that fact. We can learn about the wider world and lifestyles that are different to those we have lived with. We can learn to love again when we have lost a beloved family member. And we can overcome illness and the natural deterioration of our bodies as we grow older. It is a good book!

About the Book

Professional Santa Silas French fills out the same application as always for his regular stint at a New York department store.

Ellen Gitelman hangs her jacket behind the counter at the East Side Diner and smoothes out her waitress uniform, as she waits for the coffee pot to stop percolating.

A double whammy of bad news leaves Silas jobless, with no money to pay for a planned trip to reconcile with his estranged gay son Joey in Florida. Cutbacks at the diner cost Ellen her job.

A chance tip from his local bar gets Silas a job as Santa on a cruise ship that happens to be docking in Florida, where Joey lives with his husband and kids. Ellen heads to a cafe across the street and spots a bulletin board ad selling tickets for a cruise. Her riotous friend Julia volunteers as travel companion.

The MS Viking just happens to be carrying 3000 gay men in the mood to party. What could go wrong?

Silas soon finds himself involved with some unsavoury business and meets a potential new love in the form of Ellen.

Over the course of the Christmas Holiday cruise, the three slowly learn that what they thought they were seeking isn’t really what would make them truly happy, and that they are in control of their own choices.

GHOSTED is a dark romantic comedy about the continuing bonds we have with our loved ones after they are gone.

Buy the Book: Amazon; Waterstones.

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