Florence Day is writing the final book in her four book contract as a ghostwriter for one of the most prolific and popular romance authors. After a bad breakup, she’s having trouble writing that hea. She meets with her new editor, a rather stern yet attractive man, who doesn’t relent on this novel needing a happy ending. With one day to finish the book she finds out that her father has suddenly died. She puts the book on a temporary back burner and heads home to say goodbye and help her family plan a funeral. What she doesn’t expect is for her new editor, Ben, to show up on the doorstep of the funeral home…. as a ghost.

The Dead Romantics was such a surprise. A young romance writer who can see ghosts is a rather unique choice as protagonist, but her love interest being a ghost is an even bigger leap. Despite this unique situation the novel’s story just makes sense and Ben’s confusion over what happened to him is balanced by Florence’s family and her need to give her father the funeral he wanted. As Florence and Ben take on these tasks they find a bond developing that just doesn’t make sense since he is, well, dead. I kept wondering how the author was going to make this work and she seamlessly delivered a story that was entertaining, emotional, and left the reader feeling great about their journey.

The byplay between Ben and Florence was certainly entertaining but there were some family dynamics in play throughout this novel as well. Florence left her small town behind and moved to New York to pursue her dream of writing, but never came back home. She was known for “seeing” ghosts and wanted to put that stigma behind her. Unfortunately she put her family behind her as well and her father dying didn’t allow her the time to fix things with them while he was alive. I loved her brother and sister, the family funeral home business, and this charming town who can’t help but be in everyone else’s business. Working through all of her feelings with her ghostly editor by her side made this story unique, weird, and wonderful.

I saw The Dead Romantics on a Best of Romance 2022 list and I have to say that I would agree with the decision. This unique, quietly romantic novel deserves all the accolades. If you haven’t read it yet, please pick it up and read it on vacation this year. You will love it, I promise!

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