The Spirit of The Old Hotel (Jenna Glynn Ghost Stories Book 2)

Jenna Glynn Ghost Stories is a series of short, fact-based fiction novels. Young aspiring filmmaker Jenna encounters an alcoholic former rockstar, who becomes unwittingly entangled in her first ghost-hunter documentary. This sparks a reluctant and often adversarial alliance, which continually propels them into adventures where present-day hauntings occur in the setting of historical Dallas events.In the second book of the series, The Spirit of The Old Hotel, Jenna and Gash Peavy dubiously team up again to investigate the notorious haunting of the historic Adolphus Hotel in downtown Dallas. After twenty-eight days in an exclusive Dallas rehab clinic, Gash moves into a private apartment on the Glynn family's beautiful Highland Park estate. Jenna has personally refurnished and redecorated, and has lovingly staged his cherished guitars in his new place, hoping that the former rock legend will become creatively inspired toward restarting his musical career. Predictably, Gash adamantly refuses to get involved in the new episode of the celebrity ghosthunter TV show that Jenna has been contracted to create. But Biography Channel execs are demanding his participation, and expecting to exploit his past rockstar notoriety to promote the series. Jenna finally manages to persuade Gash that his resurgent career could benefit from the anticipated media buzz. Then they receive shocking news that his rehab roommate was found dead, just hours after warning Gash to stay away from the old section of the Adolphus Hotel. The production crew endures their constant bickering and sexual tension, in addition to mysterious equipment malfunctions, while scrambling to meet their new deadline. Suddenly the pair is overwhelmed by paranormal forces and phantom entities. They are confronted with the horrifying truth behind the strange noises coming from the old 19th floor ballroom: a jilted bride hanging from clanging pipes had appeared to be a suicide in 1938. With Glenn Miller's big band music providing the soundtrack, they witness sinister scenes of a Nazi conspiracy and her vicious murder. "Tuxedo Junction" plays in a loop while the ghostly faces of Holocaust victims terrorize the duo, who desperately struggle to escape with their lives and their sanity.

About the Author

Vicki Smart Penhall is truly an engaging and readable author of short fiction novels. As a performing artist, she is an actor, comedian, director and a Texas singer/songwriter. She hails from Houston; was mostly educated at Texas Tech University, and holds B.S. and M.S. degrees from Texas A&M University. As an educator, she has taught high school and college writing and theater, and regularly serves as an adjudicator for UIL academic and theater competitions.

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