Haunted Hotel 2: The Legend of Lovers Hallow by Vawn Cassidy (Crawshanks Guide to Mischievous Spectres & Spirits)

Welcome back to the Ashton-Drake Manor Hotel in the Haunted Hotel 2: the Legend of Lovers Hallow. 

From the blurb:

Welcome back to the Ashton-Drake Manor House Hotel!

Ellis Sparks is beyond thrilled. Not only has he discovered that ghosts are real, but the hotel he’s lived in since he was a teenager is filled with them. Okay, so the first annual murder mystery event may have gone slightly awry, and the hotel is still under threat of foreclosure.

Oh, and the whole place is being investigated by the Bureau of Domestic Hauntings. Turns out there’s a lot of bureaucracy in the afterlife!

But life is good. Ellis is in love and now that he’s newly promoted to hotel manager, he’s even more determined to save his beloved home, starting with a brand-new event! A historical re-enactment of a local urban legend and a ghost-hunting Valentines weekend are sure to bring in more business and help save the hotel.

There’s just one problem.

The Legend of Lovers Hallow is real, and three potentially murderous ghosts are on a rampage through a hotel filled with amateur ghost hunters. Now, accompanied by their motley crew of quirky staff and ghostly sidekicks, Ellis and his superhot silver fox of a boyfriend must figure out how to put the furious spiritual triad back to sleep before all hell lets loose and the hotel guests get more than a frightfully good stay...

Molly Otto's review:

We are back to the Ashton-Drake Manor Hotel with Ellis and his crew putting together a new fun filled ghost centered weekend. What could go wrong? With the 'helpful ghostly crew it will for sure be a weekend to remember for all parties. For the event, we have a new ghost hunting team, who, let's be honest, crossing fingers one day will have a spin-off series to prove to the world the Hotel is, in fact haunted. It's Ellis and Morgan's job to show the right kind of haunting to hopefully save the failing hotel. Morgan's brother pops in for a visit to see his investment, and together, they start to make the tough choices in what needs to be done in the future and is it possible to save the hotel. 

This is a wild ride from the beginning. I'm not sure how it is all going to play out, and yet it does get wrapped up marvelously in the end. With potential of more escapades from the staff and ghost of the Ashton-Drake Manor Hotel, will it be enough to save the beloved hotel or will it be time for all to move on,  only future stories will be able to say and I for one am here for it. 

Rogue's review:

- series
- paranormal
- interfering ghosts

The first Haunted Hotel book holds a very special place in my heart, as such I was desperately waiting for book two, and it didn't disappoint at all. We're back at the Ashton Drake with its' cast of live and dead characters (trust me, that makes sense ;) ). It is best to have read at least the first book to enjoy this properly as it picks up shortly after the end of that story.

This story is chaos in the very best way, from Morgan's return and reunion with Ellis, to the epic entrance of Thaddeus, to the adventures of Wally and John, ghostly meetings in small cupboards, Roger wooing with rulebooks, a tale of a doomed romance with a twist, and cameos from Sam, this has absolutely everything and I'm here for every single glorious second of the chaos. This is the Ashton Drake Manor House Hotel, it's mad, chaotic and yet full of heart and a safe place to land, even if you're dead. Especially if you're dead, I think. It's full of heart, humour, romance and plenty of heat too and I'm here for it all. I loved it and can't wait for it all. I have zero doubt that Morgan, Warren, Ellis and the extended Ashton-Drake family will save the hotel and find love along the way, and I'm here for ALL OF THAT.

Haunted Hotel 2: the Legend of Lovers Hallow is currently available as an e-book and can be read as part of your Kindle Unlimited Subscription