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Don't Date the Haunted: Dark Romantic Comedy (Haunted Romance) Paperback – September 25, 2020

by C Rae D'Arc (Author)
4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 44 ratings
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"Certain to have the reader laughing out loud . . . a highly intoxicating story . . . unexpected plot twists." - Readers' Favorite


Does the heart beat faster from love or terror? As a born-and-raised citizen of Horror, Pansy Finster has survived Hauntings such as mad killers and poltergeists by living her brother's rules, including, "Avoid dolls, clowns, and masks." But after the death of her fiancé, Pansy finds herself alone--which is a dangerous status in Horror. When she flees to Heartford, Romance, she's startled that a masquerade has Regency ladies screaming... in excitement.

Culture-shocked, Pansy struggles to avoid any ill omens, such as repeated glances from the curiously handsome Lord Theo, from Fantasy. With a seemingly useless magical ability, he could be the Romance Pansy never knew she needed... or her most deceitful Haunting yet. Pansy must learn to love like a Romantic and teach her new friends to survive like a Horror before the masquerade becomes a massacre.


Follow Pansy Finster's hauntings and romance in "Don't Date the Haunted," first book of the Haunted Romance trilogy, by C Rae D'Arc. If you like Seth Grahame-Smith, Isaac Marion, or Christopher Moore, then this dark romantic comedy will keep you up! Don't forget; it's never just a power-outage.

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  1. Book 1 of 3
    Haunted Romance
  2. Print length
    261 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publication date
    September 25, 2020
  5. Dimensions
    5.5 x 0.59 x 8.5 inches
  6. ISBN-13
    979-8673425718
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"Certain to have the reader laughing out loud . . . C. Rae D'Arc is successful in weaving a highly intoxicating story . . . she keeps her readers mesmerized with . . . unexpected plot twists." -Readers' Favorite

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I had so much fun writing "Don't Date the Haunted."  If you enjoyed reading it, please post a review!  I'd love to read it!  If you'd like to read more about "Don't Date the Haunted" and how it came to be, check out my blog at craedarc(dot)wordpress(dot)com!

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08JN58D6G
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Independently published (September 25, 2020)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 261 pages
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8673425718
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.59 x 8.5 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 44 ratings

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C Rae D'Arc

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C. Rae D'Arc has been involved in every stage of a book's life. As a writer, editor, retailer, reader, and reviewer, she once worked four part-time jobs simultaneously. Thankfully, one of them actually paid her. She received her Bachelors in English from Brigham Young University, and now lives in the Tri-Cities of Washington with her husband and Aussie dog.

Latest Release: "Little Red and the Lumpy Bed" (Dreaming Princesses, #3)

PS. To save you from hiccups, D'Arc only has one syllable.

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4.7 out of 5 stars
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5.0 out of 5 stars Horror Romance
Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2024
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Don't Date the Haunted is a fun, dark, romantic comedy. The world is Novel, and the countries in it are genres. Our main character Pansy is a survivor in the land of Horror. She's lost everyone that mattered to her and when she gets the opportunity to flee Horror she takes it. But everything isn't smooth sailing when she travels to attend college in Romance.

The story plays a lot with culture shock. Everything in Romance is seen through the lens of someone who grew up in horror stories. Pansy views everyone and everything with suspicion because that's how she's stayed alive so long. But when lingering looks are made of affection instead of malice, what's she to do?

There are some heavier ideas played with: survivor's guilt, identity, fate. But friendships are forged in this story and a romance is expected. The light tropes play with the dark well and it was a campy little horror romance.
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Taymee
5.0 out of 5 stars Unique
Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2024
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As much as I read, it is not often I can across something that is truly unique and well written. I can usually get one of the other. C Rae D'Arc has done a fabulous job of creating a world that is both predictable and unexpected. Because we all know the rule is a different literary genres, We kind of know what will happen in each land. I definitely recommend.
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kirsten
4.0 out of 5 stars so unique!
Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2024
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Wow! This is a totally original concept and I’m here for it! Basically, all the characters come from various genre lands- horror, romance, fantasy, western etc. Each character’s personality is based upon where they grew up and lived and its so on point, even if the FMC was a tad exasperating in her paranoia, it totally fit!

There were only 2 reasons that I took off a star. The first was the pacing, very little happened for a majority of the book. As a first book, I have to give it the benefit of the doubt because it had to get a lot of backstory and world building done, but I ALMOST DNF’d because it was so slow. I’m glad I didn’t because the last 30% was so good.

The second read I dropped a star, was due to a few misused words or grammatical errors. They weren’t huge by any means, but as someone who reads 4+ books a week on average, I cannot look past them. For example, bleary and blurry are not synonymous and cannot be interchanged. Adorn is also not the same as companionable or complementary. Those were my main issues because I really dislike when an author tries to use unusual or uncommon words to “spice up” their writing. It almost never works and often makes the book worse because an incorrect word is used.

All in all, this author shows huge promise and I’m looking forward to reading more.
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Dave H.
5.0 out of 5 stars True old fashion great story.
Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2024
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I just finished book 3 of the second series of C Rae D'arc books. While you can read each book independently, you will miss the context of inside jokes and relationships.
I have passed out many copies of these books and the highschool age girls love them and often ask for the next book in the series. I travel extensively and have received thank you notes from people that I have introduced to these books. They tell stroies about remember the Grimm versions of stories that they have not thought about in decades. They also share happy moments of discussing the stories with their children and grand children.
So, you have been advised, these books are fun, educational and will bring back memories.
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J. Abram Barneck
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent world, excellent mix of romance with a haunt
Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2023
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This was a fun world. The world is unique and the author could probably write fifty books in this world. The characters had depth. The haunted aspect of a romance made it a far better read than for me than other strict romances, but not so haunted that a lover of strict romance wouldn't still love to read it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Dark Romantic Comedy Mix Well
Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2021
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I wasn't sure what to expect with the category of "Dark Romantic Comedy", but I was pleasantly surprised by how well the humor, the romance, mysterious, and scary moments fit together. The creative divisions of groups of people were something I had never thought of. The book is set in the world of Novel, with people in all kinds of lands: fantasy, horror, contemporary, romance, science-fiction, regency, mystery, etc. As you can expect knowing that, when people come together from different genres, they anticipate situations differently. Pansy grew up in Horror and is able to escape to Contemporary to attend college. She has roommates from several different places and has to learn that all screaming is not because of danger. As Pansy (yes, she was teased for her name growing up in Horror) learns more about Contemporary she discovers something or someone may have followed her from Horror and she might be the only one able to save herself and her new friends.
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shadow oaks resident
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent world-building
Reviewed in the United States on May 12, 2021
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Don’t Date the Haunted by C. Rae D’Arc is a dark comedy big on both the laughs and thrills. The author uses the fish out of water theme on her main character, Pansy Finster. Pansy is a resident in a Horror-world but ends up in a Romance-land. The comedy builds out of the setup, but the characterization contributes much to the humor. Enjoyable characters in a unique setting drives the novel forward to its conclusion.
I was impressed with the world-building in this novel. The world-building is such a unique concept that when I read the blurb for this book, I knew I had to buy it.
Often light-hearted but also with surprising depth, Don’t Date the Haunted lives up to its promise of a dark comedy. The humor is earned, the darkness is delicious, and the payoff is legitimate. Clearly, no one should date the haunted, but everyone ought to read about those who do.
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KR
4.0 out of 5 stars Delightfully novel story
Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2021
A delightful story with an intriguing world, relatable characters, and cute romance. Looking forward to the next one. 4 out of 5 because in some parts it dragged a little bit but over all a fun read.
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