I think this could have been turned into a full length novel, I finished it in one day. Eileen Maroni goes to Cromwell Bay for a new life and she buys an abandoned hotel, she cleans it up and opens, but from the start people are complaining about the goings on in Room #8. The only thing that really disappointed me was the great build up and then the let down at the end. I love this author as I have also read the Janus Legacy and enjoyed it immensely.

***I received this book in return for an honest review*** ( )

Ash and Bone is an OK ghost story set in the fictional town of Cromwell Bay, California.

Lisa Von Biela's writing shows promise, "The whole town stank of rot. As did his soul. He'd kept his secret for years. No one alive knew what really happened that day. No one had deprived him of the spoils of his acts. Whatever remorse he'd felt at the time had been tucked away so thoroughly he couldn't recall it at all."

My problem with this novella is its predictability and seemingly forced story. The circumstances are just too convenient and the characters are one dimensional.

Ash and Bone is available now from Darkfuse Publications through Amazon.com. If you have an Amazon Prime membership you can read it for FREE through the Kindle Owner's Lending Library. ( )