4.4 (3,417 ratings)

Dead Man Talking

Name: Dead Man Talking
Rating: 4.4 (3417 reviews)
Author: Jana De
ISBN: B0BX4M4GW7

by Jana De

ghosts

About this book

Welcome to Everlasting, Maine, where there’s no such thing as normal.

Meteorologist Zoe Parker put Everlasting in her rearview mirror as soon as she had her college degree in hand. But when Sapphire, her eccentric great-aunt, takes a tumble down the stairs in her lighthouse home, Zoe returns to the tiny fishing hamlet to look after her. Zoe has barely crossed the county line when strange things start happening with the weather, and she discovers Sapphire’s fall was no accident. Someone is searching the lighthouse but Sapphire has no idea what they’re looking for. Determined to ensure her aunt’s ongoing safety, Zoe promises to expose the intruders, even though it means staying in Everlasting and confronting the past she thought she’d put behind her.

Dane Stanton never expected to see Zoe standing in the middle of her aunt’s living room, and was even more unprepared for the flood of emotion he experiences when coming face to face with his old flame. Zoe is just as independent and determined as he remembered, and Dane knows she won’t rest until Sapphire can return to the lighthouse in peace, so he offers to help her sort things out.

Armed with old legends, Sapphire’s ten cats, and a talking ghost, Zoe has to reconcile her feelings for Dane and embrace her destiny before it’s too late.

Publication Date: May 25, 2026
ASIN: B0BX4M4GW7

Reader Reviews

Magical!

October 11, 2017

So many good things about this book! It is a premise based on magic complete with a ghost (who I might add has more character than many ghosts!) The main character lives in a light house-how neat is that? Although she is over 80, Sapphire is a tough lady who acts at least 20 years younger than her age. When intruders are discovered in her house, she comes down from her room with mace, but they manage to make her fall near the bottom of the stairs. When she is found in the morning by the man who...

Jana DeLeon is wonderful

December 15, 2017

Another fun read from Ms. DeLeon! I've read the Mudbug series and enjoyed it. I've read the Miss Fortune Mysteries and can't wait for the next installment of that series, they are so fun! So I thought I'd give this a try and it was very entertaining. The mystery part is surprising but the romance part is more routine however, very well written so the book was quite entertaining. I highly recommend giving this author a try, I believe you will enjoy it. ) 2 people found this helpful

Magic Emerald, 10 cats, remodeling, crazy weather and a ghost, what?

November 11, 2017

Dead Man Talking is the first book in the Happily Everlasting Series written by four authors, Jana Deleon, Mandy M. Roth, Michelle M. Pillow and Kristen Painter. The stories take place in Everlasting, Maine a small town along the coast, “where there’s no such thing as normal.” I love this book, it is the first book that I have read by Jana Deleon. I found it well written with mystery, paranormal, and a little romance all perfectly balance. Everlasting, Maine sounds like a very interesting place...

A sweet and mostly light hearted story.

February 1, 2021

I really like Jana Deleon's writing style. She is one of my favorite authors and almost never disappoints. I wish she had written all the books in this series. This story is sweet and mostly light hearted. It's an easy and fast read. The characters are well developed and I felt like I knew them by the end of the book. That's important to me, I want to feel as if I care about them and what happens to them. The plot isn't earth shattering but this is not that type of book. I found the storyline...

Possibly written in a hurry

October 22, 2017

This novel is part of a four-book series, in which each book is written by a different, popular author. I wish I could rate it higher, but there are issues. The author repeats herself far too frequently, each instance within a page of the other. It’s jarring, and good editing should have caught the problem before the story headed to publication. This repetitiveness is something she never does in her own series. The author also lost track of her own main character’s traits. The girl who left her...