The Flip
By: Michael Phillip Cash
Blurb
Julie and Brad Evans are house flippers. They buy low, clean out the old occupants’ junk, and try to make a profit. Enter Hemmings House on Bedlam Street in scenic Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island. Too good a deal to pass up, but with an ominous secret. The old Victorian Mansion has dwellers that do not want to be dispossessed. As the house reveals it’s past, will the couple’s marriage survive The Flip?
From Publisher’s Weekly- The Flip
Michael Phillip Cash (Stillwell) again succeeds in setting an engaging supernatural thriller in the world of Long Island real estate, though he’s stronger at depicting human relationships than he is at generating scares. Julie and Brad Evans have hinged their hopes of financial security on house flipping, a work-intensive strategy that offers them few opportunities for relaxation. Brad has misgivings about their latest acquisition, a creepy Victorian mansion, ominously situated on Bedlam Street in Cold Spring Harbor. Those feelings are validated when he’s victimized by Tessa, a voracious female ghost with very carnal appetites. Cash is effective at creating his version of the afterlife, where ghosts like Tessa exist in fear of more powerful entities known as the Sentinels. His best work comes, however, in his plausible portrayal of a marriage under stress from the need to hustle to stay solvent. (BookLife)
My Review
I enjoy watching shows about flipping houses. It’s fun to watch the transformation from ugly to fantastic. If I had the money, I’d do some myself.
My luck I’d wind up in the same fix as Julie and Brad Evans.
They’re starting to get the hang of the flipping thing. Buy low, fix it up, sell for a nice profit. But Brad has his misgivings about the one Julie has her heart set on. It’s a monstrous undertaking and he’s getting bad vibes from the old mansion, Hemmings House.
Julie loves it, sees only the potential, and wants to turn it into a bed and breakfast. Brad caves and now he has to get his crew together and get the stinking trash hauled out of the place.
Weird things start happening. Doors open and shut on their own. Cold spots occur throughout the place. And Brad and the crew are being affected by the atmosphere. Something angry is rubbing off on them.
All the makings for a scary good haunted house story, right? The author delivers, giving you things that go bump in the night. You’ll meet these ghostly inhabitants and get to know their stories. I engaged with the ghosts as well as Julie and Brad and came to worry about all of them.
Welcome to Hemmings House. Where anything can happen, and does.
4 Stars
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Excerpt
Chapter Twenty
I said I’m not going back there. That house is haunted. There, I’ve said it. It’s a haunted house.” “Julie!” Heather protested. “Stop that. You are so much better than this.”
Brad sighed. “Look, I’ll call Sal. His girlfriend works or that medium you talked about. If she comes with us to the house, will you come home?”
“It isn’t home, Brad. I thought you hated the house.”
“I did. I do. Well, it’s been kind to us,” he said.
“Are you nuts? What are you talking about?”
“The crap we’ve pulled out of there. We stand to make a considerable amount of money. I feel like the house is sort of saving us. Come home with me, Julie.”
Julie looked at his face, the lines of worry around his eyes. She put her hand in his, asking, “You’ll call the lady, Georgia?”
Brad pulled out his phone and dialed Sal. “Hi. Yeah, fine. Listen, Sal, you think you can ask Molly if she can get the psychic out to Bedlam House? Just because. For Julie. OK, call me back.” He turned to his wife. “He’s calling. He said he’s sure he can get her out there. She was interested in the house when he had coffee with her last week.”
“He had coffee with her?” Heather asked. “Small world.”
“What should I do?” Julie asked her sister.
“You know what you should do. You belong with Brad. Go home, Julie. Go confront your ghosts.”
“You don’t believe me?”
“I think you believe you’ve had a ghostly encounter. But, honestly, I think you’re just overtired.”
“Come with us, Heather. Maybe if you’re there, you’ll see it, too.”
“Just go with Brad. Call me.” Heather kissed her sister. “It will be fun—the psychic—go on.”
Brad’s phone rang loudly. It was Sal. Georgia Oaken had agreed to visit them tomorrow morning. Everybody was looking forward to it. Sort of.
PURCHASE
Author Info
Michael Phillip Cash is an award-winning novelist and screenwriter. His novels are best-sellers on Amazon under their genres – Young Adult, Thriller, Suspense, Ghost, Action Adventure, Fantasy, Paranormal Romance and Horror.
Michael writes full-time and lives on the North Shore of Long Island with his wonderful wife and screaming children. You can follow him @michaelpcash.
Author Links: Website | Blog | Twitter |Facebook | Goodreads
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Thank you for hosting The Flip!
It’s my pleasure! I’ve enjoyed many of Michael’s books:)
You know my love for haunted house stories. Love the cover too, clever.
It all works with this one, Emma. I love watching the shows about flipping houses. What could be better than a haunted one!
I really need to read more of this author since I have 3 of the books above on my kindle plus the one you just reviewed. 🙂
I know Monsterland didn’t wow you but I have a feeling some of his other ones will, Stormi.
On my reading list. 🙂
sherry @ fundinmental
Oh yeah. You’ll like this one!