Romance Is (Un)Dead

A haunting expert investigates a mundane case that turns surprisingly supernatural, while trying not to fall for the man who hired her, in this paranormal rom-com by USA Today bestselling author Sarah Hawley.

Paranormal investigator Dee Schmidt knows three things: ghosts are real, dark witches are annoying, and romance is dead. Actually, if romance was dead, she’d probably have a better chance of finding it. But dating is difficult for an impoverished medium whose social life revolves around poltergeists, especially when most people have no idea magic exists.

Like Martin Rockwell, a buttoned-up environmental data analyst who sees the listing for Dee’s agency, wildly misinterprets the services offered, and hires her to investigate embezzlement in his neighborhood’s homeowners’ association. The agency needs the cash, so Dee isn’t about to correct his assumption that she’s a typical private investigator. Itll be the most boring case of her life...even if Martin is witty, handsome, and surprisingly fun to lurk in bushes with. He’d be fun to kiss, too, but clients are off-limits, especially one who has no clue he hired a haunting expert.

As Dee spies on the board members of Martin’s HOA, she quickly realizes their draconian rules and outrageous fines are covering up something far more sinister. Dark magic is brewing in the neighborhood, and it’ll take one paranormal investigator, a gaggle of meddling ghosts, and a confused data analyst—who Dee absolutely should not kiss—to unravel the mystery.