Alison's ex follows their daughter to New Jersey and they figure out that he's running away from some trouble. Alison is not thrilled to have him locally, and tells him he has to leave in two days. With mobster-types looking for the swine, Paul the ghost working on some electric experiment, and a policewoman who refuses to entered the haunted house, Alison has hands full. Then one of the mobster-types ends up dead, and all hell breaks loose. ( )

Since I enjoy the overall story, I gave this one 3 stars, but I really did not like the plot of this story. There were some good moments, but overall it felt contrived. Like the author was forcing herself to write it. It didn’t feel like it flowed naturally. And the characters annoyed me in this one.

Still, the series is great and I do want to read the next one. ( )

Unfortunately for Allison, "The Swine", her ex-husband is back and in rare form. Embroiled w/ some very shady business dealings and in major debt to some very bad men, he high-tails it out to Allison's Haunted Guesthouse, very mistakenly believing that Allison will sell the guesthouse in order to bail him out of his deep debt.

Allison was a total "jerk" in this one.... She refused to really stand up to the bubba-head because of her daughter's feelings...... and for that reason - 1 star

The story was weak and I had a feeling that Copperman had run out of ideas when she wrote this one.... - 1 more star

The other characters were as wishy-washy in this as was Allison... - 1 more star

You can skip this one, you won't miss a thing: Unfortunately one of the last lines indicated that it would be a few more years before Allison saw her ex again.... Which will be too soon for me. ( )