This book is the perfect Christmas read. It will make you laugh and it may make you cry. But above all, it will remind you that you're not on your own. If you enjoy Casey McQuiston, Laura Kay, Emily Henry and Marian Keyes - you'll love Ghosted
"Fanning has weaved a tale that has it all-romance, humor, drama, mystery, and suspense." BookLife
"I was hooked from the first page and was kept guessing until the end." Alma Boucher - Readers' Favorite
"A fun read with a lot of heart." Travelling Page Turner
"At times I had a cramps in the belly from laughing so hard." GoodReads
"I was all aboard for what turned out to be a moving, funny, emotive, thought provoking, quirky and very immersive read." BookMark
Think 'It's a wonderful life' meets 'Happiest Season'
Silas French hasn't spoken to his son in years. Not since one thoughtless remark turned a family celebration into a silence that neither man knew how to break.
Now sixty-two, broke, and with a heart his doctor says won't wait much longer, Silas takes the only job he can find - playing Santa Claus on a gay cruise ship bound for Miami. Close enough to Florida to reach Joey. Close enough to say sorry. Close enough to try.
He didn't plan on sharing a cabin with a seventy-year-old drag queen called Miss Kitty Kate. He didn't plan on an Irish bar, a casino, and a ship full of people who assume the blue sticker on his collar means something it doesn't. And he certainly didn't plan on Ellen Gittelman - a woman who's spent the last fifty years making herself invisible, and who somehow sees him more clearly than anyone has since his wife died.
But when Silas's heart finally gives out - three minutes between one life and whatever comes next - everything changes. For him. For Ellen. And for the son who stopped answering.
Funny, moving, and written with a huge and tender heart, Ghosted is a story about the people we push away, the words we can't take back, and the stubborn, terrifying, ridiculous courage it takes to start again when the world has written you off.
Industry Reviews
"Fanning has weaved a tale that has it all-romance, humor, drama, mystery, and suspense. Despite Silas and Ellen having a lot in common and enjoying each other's company, their relationship doesn't really power a story that instead has at its heart friendships and family bonds. Fanning's prose and dialogue are crisp, brisk, and incisive, and the characterization is strong in this novel that's ideal for readers who love diverse casts, surprising connections, and healing relationships, with much comic complication." Publisher's Weekly Book Life
"It is, as the subtitle says, "a holiday romance to warm your heart," and it will. I was hooked from the first page and was kept guessing until the end. The characters were authentic and relatable. The main characters had a lot of depth, which increased my interest in them. The details and background stories about every character made them more appealing. " Alma Boucher - Readers' Favorite
"A fun read with a lot of heart." Travelling Page Turner
"What a fun light-hearted read it was just the tonic I needed at the moment. At times I had a cramps in the belly from laughing so hard. Although it also it has some serious issues throughout the storyline of loss, acceptance of sexuality , cancer and lupus which I have heard of but never read about in any other book." GoodReads
"I was all aboard for what turned out to be a moving, funny, emotive, thought provoking, quirky and very immersive read." BookMark
