Strange Neighbors (2010) (edit title/settings)

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• Merry MacKenzie: she just moved in her new apartment where she will have some surprises.
• Jason Falco: owner of the building where Merry lives; he is also a baseball player; he is a shapeshifter.
• Matt MacKenzie: Merry’s younger brother.
• Mr. MacKenzie: Merry’s father.
• Harold: Chad's friend, also a ghost.
• Chad Robinson: a ghost that hunts Jason's apartment.
• Konrad: Sly’s friend and Merry’s neighbor.
• Sylvestro "Sly" Flores: he saved Merry from a rapist.
• Dottie Falco: Jason’s aunt.
• Nathan: one of Merry's neighbors.
• Gwyneth: one of Merry's neighbors.
• Morgaine: one of Merry's neighbors.
• Ralph Falco: Jason's uncle.
• Rosalyn "Roz" Wells: Merry's friend.
• Lila Crum: paparazzi reporter.
• Bubba: head of security at the stadium.
• Joe Murphy: a detective hired by Jason to help Chad.
• Henry Gilson: a friend of Jason's.

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• “Change comes hard for most of us, Chad--living or dead--yet change is the nature of the world. You'd think we'd get used to it after all this time. I've been going with the flow... but enough is enough." "I know what you mean, Harold. Change can kiss my ass.”

  Harold and Chad

• “I apologize for my aunt, Merry. She isn't usually like that." "Only when she's breathing.”

  Jason and Konrad about Dottie

• “Ah, you're in pediatric orthopedics. I don't get a lot of business from you." "Oh? Where do you work," she asked. "I'm in the morgue. Easy clients. They don't ask for much.”

  Nathan and Merry

• “Oh, great. She wasn't kidding. Some poor shlub will rent the place, move in, and I'll have to scare him off. Or maybe I can discourage whoever wants to live there before that. I hope the new landlord will catch on eventually and leave my apartment alone. The old owner finally gave up trying to rent it.”

  Chad

• “That's debatable. Wasn't it enough that I let her store a few things in my living room? Now she wants to take away the only place I can go for complete peace and quiet. I can't go to the attic anymore. It's now a penthouse. I can't go to the basement. It's a laundry room and vampire lair. Just where am I supposed to have my hip pad? I refuse to haunt a cardboard box in the alley.”

  Chad

• “I don't read the newspaper. Too depressing." "But you work in a morgue." "Death isn't depressing. Most of the folks we get were old or sick and death was a release from a painful prison.”

  Nathan and Merry

• “I was wondering if I could ask you to do me a favor? A big favor." "Depends. If it's to eat garlic bagels with you during the day, I can't.”

  Merry and Sly

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Schooner, Rhode Island: the place where Merry lived before moving in the apartment.

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Series & Lists edit see section history

Followed by The Werewolf Upstairs.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Ashlyn Chase (Author)

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• Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
• Dewey: 813

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Contains explicit sexual content and profanity.

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Romance › Fantasy, Futuristic & Ghost
• Books › Science Fiction & Fantasy