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He Speaks Dead Kindle Edition

by Adrienne Wilder (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 187 ratings
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Charlie Harrington not only sees the dead and speaks with them, he can make them real. Lucky for him, because the love of his life, Ethan, isn't among the living.

While their relationship is unusual, things are good between them until Charlie is accused of murder and Detective Daniel Briggs walks into his life. Then, for the first time in years, Charlie is attracted to someone alive.

Ethan knows he should step aside and let Charlie live his life, but he just can’t give Charlie up--even if staying with Charlie may eventually kill him.
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00LZMQRMW
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Adrienne Wilder; 2: Previously published with a different cover edition (July 20, 2014)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 20, 2014
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2605 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 260 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 187 ratings

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Adrienne Wilder

Adrienne Wilder

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I am a writer of contemporary and speculative fiction and artist of all things monsters. I live to create new worlds and the people in them. Several of my books have been best sellers both nationally and internationally. I have also been a finalist in the LAMDA awards, the "Oscars" of gay literary works.

I do my best to write original stories with powerful characters and emotion as well as a fast paced plot. My goal isn't just to deliver a good story but to take the reader into the story and let them experience the characters as if they are right there with them.

While almost all my books have a romantic element, I will be the first to admit, they are not traditional romance. In fact, I'd like to think there is nothing traditional about them. And the stories I paint are done so way outside the lines of traditional genres.

One of my favorite things to do as a writer is push the boundaries of what makes a story and to deliver the unexpected and maybe even change the perspective of the reader.

My characters are more often than not, beautifully flawed, not alway the good guy, and make mistakes. Their stories will take dark turns which, in the end, make the light at the end of the tunnel all the more brighter.

If you're looking for something different, exciting, and unique, my books are for you.

Check out my website for updates and how to contact me. I love hearing from fans. https://authoradriennewilder.blogspot.com

FB group: Adrienne's Darkside of the Rainbow https://www.facebook.com/groups/2083869908319333/

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I have a Patreon for where you can get extra content as well as the webcomic Nox, based on the novel and Bitter Sweet set in the Bound Gods world.

https://www.patreon.com/AuthorAdrienneWilder

And of course for updated info and new content you can join my mailing list: https://mailchi.mp/44e7d203adb4/adriennewildernewsletter

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4.3 out of 5 stars
4.3 out of 5
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent supernatural MM romance thriller. Could not put it down.
Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2012
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This supernatural mm romance is highly imaginative and very well done. The ghost as the narrator of the story is really something unexpected and refreshing. I have to appreciate the writer's imagination as she takes us for one entertaining ride in the ghost's head. How is it to live as a ghost? It was funny, wonderfully yet sadly revealing to be in Ethan's head, to "feel" what a ghost feels. There is a fantastic plot here which keeps me captivated till the very end. There is not a dull moment in the story. Ghosts, hauntings, the ultimate evil, portals between the living and the dead, possession, all the elements which makes this an excellent suspenseful supernatural thriller and the little extra to give a horror feeling to the story in some parts too. Even the ultimate villain has his tragic story, as pasts are revealed. As for the three characters, Charlie, ethan and Briggs, each one is distinct and likable in his own right. I love the interaction among these three guys and i thought their sort of love triangle is well done. I love Charlie and Ethan, was annoyed with Briggs for imposing on their romance at first. But as the story progresses I feel for Briggs too.

(Warning: maybe spoiler below)
Now for the ending which is the ultimate climax.. It may leave some of us wanting, depending on the character you favor. In a way it is a bittersweet ending but it could not have ended better or more meaningfully. At the end i am satisfied with the ending, and touched. Also the last chapter is really a moving closure in a sense. But I do hope the writer will revisit this world she has created.

My first book from this writer and i love her writing. She does the first person' story telling very well. I also enjoy the moments of humor she injects into the three guys' interaction. And now to look up for more of her stories.
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Andreams
4.0 out of 5 stars Strangely Beautiful
Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2015
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Wow! Definitely going to read this one again. Very fluid writing and powerful characters. This is not a comfort read and its not a book to be skimmed. There's not a lot of graphic sex but this is one of the most beautiful love stories I've ever read. Throughout the last 1/3 of the book I kept thinking there couldn't be a good ending but I was surprised. I'll probably be thinking about that ending for a long time.

If you're looking for a typical romance, this isn't it. If you want a story where the ghosts seem almost more real than the living, you'll love this.

There is child molestation but its back story and brief.
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Alan Arthur Katz
5.0 out of 5 stars Heartfelt And Beautiful
Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2013
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Wow! Adrienne Wilder keeps surprising and amazing me. I can normally cope only with small helpings of the paranormal. But she manages to create whole worlds that suck you in, twist you around, leave you at the edge of your seat and move your heart.

Ethan is a ghost. Charlie is a gifted, living person, who can see ghosts, talk to them and even bring them into the world of the living. They've been having a love affair for eight years by means of surrogates - hot young men looking to bed Charlie who get "possessed" by Ethan during sex so that Ethan and Charlie can share their moments together. Of course, they don't know that, but they're drunk, so they don't much care, nor do they remember.

But there is a dark force from levels beyond anything that Charlie knows that's desperately trying to cross over into the living world to wreak havoc in mass despair and death. It's all about Charlie's mentor (and lover) when he was only 16, who tried to use Charlie's gift to open a portal so he could find the brother who was molested and murdered at the age of 9.

Add in a skeptical police detective (Briggs) who falls in love with Charlie, the murderous henchmen who try to further the scheme to bring the monster through the portal and you have a lively action-adventure on top of all the paranormal stuff.

As always, Ms. Wilder writes wonderfully. The characters and the book engage at the first page, and it's hard to put it down. The writing is not only highly polished and original, it is intensely moving, at times. And it has a twist ending no-one could have anticipated - and I won't spoil it here by saying anything more.

Except - read this book if you're looking for something different, sexy, heartfelt and beautiful
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T. Jones
4.0 out of 5 stars Good
Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2019
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This one was published in 2014, and if you've read Wilder's subsequent work, you can tell. For me what it is missing is the emotion I know this author's capable of evoking. But it's good, interesting and sometimes unexpected, and while it ends as if there could be a sequel, one is not needed as far as our heroes' happiness is concerned.
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Island Lover
5.0 out of 5 stars WOW!!
Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2014
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The first book I read of this authour was Seven and I was blown away!! So, good. So imaginative. So fun to read. Hence, I tried out this one, as I loved the plot summary and the sample, and I was not disappointed. This story starts off great and just keeps getting better. I love Ethan and Charlie as a couple and I was pissed with Briggs for trying to break them up. Unlike some readers, I did not warm to Briggs. I get why he fell for Charlie because he’s great and easy to love him, but the fact that Briggs didn't get that the dead is as real to Charlie as the living and that he was in love with and in a relationship with someone who is real to him upset me. I'm not a fan of home-wreckers!!! I felt the most sympathy for Ethan because he was in a impossible situation and was doing the best he could to keep Charlie and make him happy, even if it was heart-breaking and conflicting. Still, I understand the dynamics of the triangle (Note: I did not say “love triangle” as someone has to be in love with 2 people to qualify as such and that was never the case.) and it made for a better story and made the ending that much better as Charlie and Ethan got what they wanted through someone they both found attractive. Hence, I highly recommend this book and this author. She has quite an imaginative and can craft such a well-written and exciting story that you will not be able to put it down once you start reading it.
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Nat
5.0 out of 5 stars Original Ghost Story
Reviewed in Australia on March 10, 2024
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He Speaks Dead is a great MM ghost story with a fair bit of romance, mystery and thrills. This was a quick read for me as I didn't want to put it down. The main character is Ethan who is a ghost and in love with a living man, Charlie who can do a lot more than just speak to the dead.

The book starts with the murder of Charlie's former mentor/abuser. I thought I knew where this story was going, but I did not. I would love to read a sequel as there is a lot more that could be explored, especially with the surprise ending and Ethan's mysterious past.
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Sunne
5.0 out of 5 stars 4,5 stars
Reviewed in Germany on August 31, 2013
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I started reading the sample a few weeks ago but somehow it didn't work with me that day so I stopped and read something else. Now yesterday I decided to check the sample again and either buy or delete...wups, sucked in after I had been over that point right in the beginning where I had jumped off the last time.

I got sucked in. Wow, I mean, this book could have gone wrong in soooo many ways, building of the whole ghost thing, too many explanations or making one of the three MCs too much to like or dislike.

Nope, the balance with all that was really good. We got information about the whole ghost levels, abilites etc. on the run, never too much but enough to get the story. And the "love triangle" was perfectly balanced, it was always clear who the couple was and despite that the attraction between Briggs and Charlie was portrayed in a way that you had to understand and feel it without resenting anyone. The author made me like Briggs enough to accept it but not too much to be seriously unhappy about the end. Ethan was a strong and enjoyable character. And I seriously laughed tears during their lovemaking with Briggs....yup.

As said before, I had a bit of a time to get into it and the big showdown was kind of...too obvious, but I enjoyed this book without getting the feeling "been there, read that". So it's going to be 4,5 stars.
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Linda A
4.0 out of 5 stars Ethan and Charlie
Reviewed in Australia on October 11, 2019
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This book was much weirder than I expected but it still kept me reading right until the very unexpected end.
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