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Kiss in the Dark Kindle Edition

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Book 4 in the Corsair’s Cove Chocolate Shop novella series!

The last thing he wants is to rest in peace.

Captain Daniel Blackthorne, the swashbuckling pirate they called the Wolf of the West, was cursed to death by a jealous witch. Since that day long ago, he’s haunted the attic rooms of Red Gem’s Chocolates in sleepy Corsair’s Cove. The rules of the curse are clear: He has until Hallowe’en night to help the women of Blackthorne blood find true love, or his soul is doomed forever.

When Eloise Wilson moves in above the chocolate shop, she’s unprepared for a spectral roommate. Sadly for Blackthorne, she’s terrified of ghosts—and with good reason. Gifted with the Sight since childhood, she’s seen hauntings end in gruesome tragedy. Worse, family and friends think she’s just a pretty young college grad with an overactive imagination. When she finds out her new home is haunted, the last thing she expects is a ghostly captain who rewrote the book on seduction. But Eloise can’t save his soul until he heals her heart, and Hallowe’en is only days away.

Blackthorne is the darkness she fears, even if his touch is as sweet as anything from the shop below. He’s delicious, but he’s dangerous, and Eloise knows better than to taste what she can’t have. And yet lovers are like chocolate—for some, only the dark will do.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07567PZYV
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Rowan & Ash Artistry (September 30, 2017)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 30, 2017
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1124 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 163 pages
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  • Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2021
    I have always been a fan of stories with ghosts in them, and pirates. I love the thrill of danger, and adventure, and wind-swept ship decks, and history. I loved that this book felt entrenched in the history of their small coastal town. I also loved “Ravenous” and “Frostbound” also by Sharon Ashwood. I’m really more of a fantasy fan and don’t usually read cozy romances, but I couldn’t resist this since it was by Sharon and had a ghost pirate in it. It has the quiet, tight knit, quaint town where everyone knows everyone else, and the adorable romance, and strong ladies, all usual elements in cozy romances. Eloise grows through the course of this book from eccentric hippy type with colorful peasant skirts, incense, and plenty of crystals, and strong enough to use her new age magic on the over-eager pirate and put him in his place, growing into a strong business woman as she takes on trying to get the town Halloween ball to succeed. The Captain, as well, does a lot of growing as he tries to understand modern women, realizing that they don’t want the same things in life that the women from his time period (or at least his preconceptions) did, and that if he wants Eloise to fall in love with him, he needs to show her that not all ghosts are evil. I loved that pivotal moment where he had to stop his forceful onslaught and actually try to understand the situation and realize it wasn’t the best way to go about things. I loved the attention of detail of the candy shop, taking the time to describe all of the delicious things sold in the shop, sometimes in the shapes of ships, some of them with creative nautical names. It really makes me itch to find a shop like that somewhere. Their romance was really more quiet, sympathetic, and caring than passionate or romantic, as they had to breakdown the barriers each of them had erected.
  • Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2017
    Since a ghost has always been a favorite paranormal being, I was very excited about the premise of the Corsair’s Cove Chocolate Shop series. Though most situations in the previous three books have been about normal contemporary events, many of the incidents in the fourth story have a supernatural aspect to them. Sharon Ashwood has conceived numerous innovative ideas for her contribution to the series, and each one made me want to consider the possibility of the circumstances being true. KISS IN THE DARK is imaginatively original all the way through. Some of the current happenings in Corsair’s Cove just might be caused by a curse, and though no one is ready to admit that the legendary hauntings are real, some rather strange occurrences do take place at times. Every fact seems very genuine, and if a place actually had such an unusual past, I would definitely like to visit the area for a chance to interact with all the current residents and perhaps encounter something paranormal.

    When Eloise Wilson came to Corsair’s Cove, Washington, she was thankful for the opportunity to have a place to live, because she has yet to find work after graduating from college. The rent-free room is located above the Red Gem’s Chocolates and Confections, the business a great-aunt willed to her and three other cousins. What Eloise did not expect was to find Captain Daniel Blackthorne, the town’s most famous ghost, was also living in the building. While she knows all too well that spirits live amongst us, since they became visible to her when younger, she wants the long-ago pirate gone and just hopes her protections can keep him away from her.

    An upcoming Hallowe’en charity event sponsored by the chocolate shop will let Eloise use her marketing skills to aid in making a big profit, and she needs to concentrate on the event, not the persistent ghost in her apartment. But Daniel has to break the curse put upon him by midnight on the 31st, or he will lose everything. If he can help Eloise to fall in love, then he can save himself. Yet getting close enough to assist her is not easy when she makes him keep his distance.

    The town of Corsair’s Cove is filled with a vast assortment of residents, and these individuals have their own personalities and behavior. None are more unique than Eloise, but she is hiding a painful past that she feels nobody would understand. I really felt for her, and was so hopeful that perhaps this move would be the one where she is finally accepted. With every interaction with Daniel, I could sense a change in them both. But with such huge challenges for them to face, I could not see a positive outcome for either of them. I simply adored Daniel from the moment he is met, and some of his responses are rather hilarious while others are dramatically serious. Eloise is someone who only wants to be loved for herself, and her fears and anguish came across as so realistic. I am so glad to have met the many appealing residents in the series, and am looking forward to my next visit. KISS IN THE DARK is intriguingly fascinating and very believable.

    I voluntarily reviewed the book and all comments are my honest opinion - 4.5 Stars
  • Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2019
    The final book in the series Kiss In The Dark is really interesting. We meet the last of the cousins Eloise and discover that she is sensitive to spirits and has dealt with some nasty, vindictive ghosts in the past that have left her very careful of what goes on around her. We also get the interesting back story of the ghost that haunts the chocolate shop, and how he must find love for all of the cousins. Eloise does not make this easy for him at all. We also learn that not only have ghosts been involved in the town, but so have witches and Captain Blackthorne is knee deep in the middle of it all. When Blackthorne decides that no mortal man is worthy of Eloise things really get interesting.

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    5.0 out of 5 stars Wow
    Reviewed in Australia on December 7, 2019
    A complex interweaving of now, then, corporeal and not quite, and then some. A really good read. Everyone needs to belong, eh?

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