British Author Rose Walsh's Novel GHOSTED - A Crossed Stars Lovers Story to Cross off Your List

GHOSTED is Rose Walsh's US debut novel and one that should be shrouded & forgotten by all of us.  It's a story of 2 middle-aged star crossed lovers, Sarah & Eddie.  The two meet on a quaint country road while Eddie is herding sheep & enlists Sarah's help.  Job well done, the two are off to the local pub and a pint turns into a week of unmitigated bliss in Eddie's work studio home.  Between jumping in the sheets the two unwind their life stories while not revealing entire naked truths about their past & present lives.  Walsh, a documentary filmmaker says the novel mirrors events from her own life.  Outside of falling in lust quickly and then just as quickly ghosted from the subject of one's infatuation, nothing rings true in this sappy overwrought melodrama.  Sarah is currently living in LA although they both grew up in the same area.  Their lives had crashingly merged unbeknownst from what they've shared.   Eddie was set to take a weeks vacation at the end of their week of love and Sarah selflessly encourages him to go ahead with his plans.  She tells him she will be waiting for him when he returns.  Here's the burn, she no longer hears from Eddie and all his social media is erased & she's unceremoniously unfriended.   How is it possible that this one week together has Sarah so insanely in love and willing to pursue any leads to contacting him.  The story is more than "he's just not into you."  However, the added mystery, friends and angst further bury this unbridled lah lah love story with its cliched text "Love has no edges, I do believe when you know you know, Don't let love slip through your fingers, try everything."  The one thing Walsh got right is "A silent phone brings out the worst in us."  Don't waste time decoding this intentionally misleading maudlin mess.  And, yes, if you don't hear back - believe it, he's just not into you.  It's not worth pursuing your misguided & misread signs of devotion.  And, it's just not worth going through the motion of reading this apparition.