Bridal Jitters Ghost Hunters

User Ratings and Reviews

4 Stars Sweet
I have never read anything else by this author, but this little teaser will have me seeking her work out. I would like to see moreof her characters of this strange world. Not al all what I expected, it is light and sweet. The happily ever after is there, but a taster is what will come in her full length books I hope!

5 Stars Great short story and introduction to the world of Harmony
“Bridal Jitters” was originally published as part of the anthology “Charmed” and was then bundled with “After Dark” in the book “Harmony”, so this story has turned up a number of times. I originally owned it as part of the “Charmed” anthology and it was head and shoulders above the other stories in that book.

Those who are familiar with Jayne Castle’s full-length books set on the planet of Harmony, “After Dark”, “After Glow” and “Ghost Hunter” (”Ghost Hunter” was not yet published when I wrote this review), will recognise the setting of “Bridal Jitters”. The action takes place in the Dead City of Cadence where Virginia Burch, a Trap Tangler, has found herself engaged to Sam Gage who is a Ghost Hunter. The engagement is entirely a matter of financial sense and convenience to both of them – there are significant benefits to being married for business purposes, and they have agreed to take part in a “marriage of convenience” which automatically lapses after a year unless renewed. Ghost Hunters and Trap Tanglers have different but complementary skills, both of which are generally required for excavation and exploration work in the tombs underground on the planet of Harmony. The previous alien race built huge underground cities but left various booby traps (”ghosts” and “illusion traps”) which require people with special psychic powers to remove.

Virginia, of course, has fallen in love with her fianc