Colby Wilkens' novel "If I Stopped Haunting You"(#1,343) is full of such a jumble of ideas, it's hard to know exactly what type of book it wants to be. Is it a romance? Is it a ghost story? Is it claiming a literary spot for indigenous writers? And to be honest, to me, none of these angles were completely satisfactory.
Two indigenous writers are trapped by a mutual friend at a Writer's Workshop in a remote Scottish castle. Yes, they had a "meet cute" if you can call being clipped by a book which leaves a lasting scar "cute". He's a best-selling author of indigenous horror and she has had a sole book published, which she is proud to say represents her culture appropriately. They wrangle, which of course leads to pages and pages of ultra steamy sex. Not my choice for reading. And only the two of them can see the malevolent ghost haunting the castle. Will they escape with their lives?! Frankly, I didn't care. Maybe you will.
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