Come Home, Katie: A Dear Celeste Novel

Dear Celeste, Book 1

By: J.R. Erickson

Narrated by: Robyn Maryke

What if you died and brought the dead back with you?

A terrible hit and run accident took Celeste Cleary's life until doctors managed to bring her back. But now she's... different. Once a respected scientist, she walks the thin veil between the living and the dead.

As she struggles to return to her former life, Celeste receives an email-a heart-wrenching letter from a stranger, a woman begging for help locating her seventeen-year-old sister, Katie, who vanished a year before.

Celeste's first impulse is to say no-what does she know about finding a missing person?

But late one snowy night Celeste is drawn into the forest where the spectral form of Katie awaits her and, though the girl does not speak, the message is clear. Katie wants Celeste to uncover the truth behind her disappearance.

As Celeste delves into the mystery surrounding Katie's vanishing, she is ensnared in a sinister labyrinth of secrets and lies. Someone doesn't want her to find out the truth and there's nothing they won't do to stop her.

Get lost in a dark paranormal mystery that blurs the lines between reality and nightmare.

©2024 Jacqueline Riegle (P)2024 Jacqueline Riegle

love this book

all of it I liked it all it's a great book By a great author

Celeste is a very unlikable character

The story had the potential to be really good, but the character of Celeste was extremely unlikable. At first, she was someone you would have sympathy toward, but she later showed that she was selfish and uncaring toward those who loved her, including her husband. She lied to him constantly, and showed that she didn’t care at all about his feelings. Especially the incident with the tattoo. I was hoping by the end of the book the situation would be resolved, perhaps she would have gotten it removed, but it wasn’t. Incredibly disappointing, especially since I have always loved JR Erickson’s other novels.

Held my attention

This book was great. I knew who the killer was when they were introduced so the twist wasn't a twist for me. however, I still absolutely loved the story. I loved it so much that I purchased the second book on here also and the other two I am going to read in kindle.

the narrator is great. she doesn't really do voices but it's still excellent.

Voice Dulcet, Story Riveting

Listening to this well-formed story- told by a gentle yet expressive voice- has been a pleasure. I will be immediately getting the next title in the series!

Come Home, Katie

When Celeste nearly dies after a hit and run, her whole life changes. She begins to devote herself to an online advice column, Dear Celeste. She is contacted by a young woman looking for her younger sister, Katie, who disappeared a year ago. Celeste, still in pain and at odds with her former life, decides to help Joanna find Katie after "seeing" an apparition of the young woman in her backyard.

Together, Celeste and Joanna try to track down Katie's last days and discover what happened to her. Celeste experiences more and more supernatural-type events and even attends a meeting with others who had a Near Death Experience (NDE). Soon, things start to happen that puts Celeste in danger as she gets closer to the truth. Was Katie the victim of a serial killer or did she just run away?

Even though I figured out the culprit before the ending, the book still help my attention up until the very end. The characters were well-written and relatable and the story was intriguing and fast paced. I also appreciated Celeste's journey through her pain and PTSD from her accident. I could totally relate to this since I suffered a far less life threatening accident myself and have found that this one incident has definitely changed my life in many ways.

The narrator did a great job and her performance added a lot to the book. If you enjoy a well-written ghost story with lots of emotion and twists, you can't go wrong with J.R. Erickson's books.