Thrilling! I enjoyed every twist and turn, and every minute of the playful banter between Dr. Charlotte Stone and Michael Garland! Definitely a perfect blend of mystery and paranormal romance!

Nothing gets me so engrossed like a great suspense-thriller book, and Karen Robard's The Last Kiss Good-bye is one great read! I have not read the first book in the Dr. Charlotte Stone Series, but that did not really affect my reading of the second book as things were easily explained early on.

Now, unto the review proper...

Story-wise, I cannot over-emphasize how much I loved the mystery bit! I've always found serial killers fascinating, and the amount of books (both non-fiction and fiction) I read about them, as well as the many crime shows I watch, is clear proof. In this story, I found the serial killer's method of killing as very unique. And his motive for doing it as also as unique. If I were one of his victims, honestly, I'd kill other people first rather than be killed. Also, I love the fact that I was stumped at every turn whenever they revealed a clue as to the identity of the serial killer. I honestly did not expect who it was!

Secondly, I also love the romance part of the story. It was hilarious to find a jealous ghost. The ends Michael would do just to make sure that Dr. Charlotte Stone doesn't sleep with Tony is just adorable. Well, if he was an ordinary person, I would no doubt say that Michael was the dangerous sort, but as a ghost, he just couldn't let up even if he doesn't exist in the human plane anymore! I found that really awesome. 

What I liked about this story is that little by little, I was drawn into the story until I was emotionally invested to the outcome of the relationship between Charlotte and Michael. So while I understand that Michael has to move on to the place where things like him should move on to, I still don't want him to leave Charlotte. Their very shaky and unpredictable relationship with each other somehow affected me, too, as a reader, and it kept me on my toes. There should really be a third book in this series, just to wrap things up and gave me vindication because I just can't wait to know what will happen to Charlotte and Michael's story.

Kudos to Karen Robards for successfully mixing paranormal romance with the mystery-suspense genre! I highly recommend this book to readers who are fans of the mystery-suspense genre, as well as of the paranormal romance genre.

Thanks to the publisher for a copy to read and give my honest opinion.

Ok, let's be honest...this book has been out five years and has sat on my kindle even though I was given a ARC. Second book in a series and best read in order. You don't see too many in this genre. Sexual relations and falling in love with a ghost...probably not a huge genre. The characters are fun, and the chemistry is nuclear though. It's also sad that this woman is having the best sex of her life with a ghost and honestly where is the HEA. Micheal spends most of his time within a fifty foot radius of Dr Charlie Stone, rudely trying to keep her safe or just trying to keep her monogamous. He is a ghost still however but apparently Dr Stone has a thing for serial killers and keeps getting sucked into new cases and endangering her life. Four stars....a great read and so far a great series.

This review is a tad bit late; I have actually finished the series by now. The first and fourth (last) books were the best of the series: this book and the third dragged a bit, but the first and last made it worth reading the other two. Overall, looking back and knowing now what I know now, this book was entertaining enough to read for itself, but if it hadn’t been, I’d still read it to get to read the series finale.