A disillusioned millennial ghostwriter who, quite literally, has some ghosts of her own, has to find her way back home in this sparkling adult debut from national bestselling author Ashley Poston.
Florence Day is the ghostwriter for one of the most prolific romance authors in the industry, and she has a problem--after a terrible breakup, she no longer believes in love. It's as good as dead. When her new editor, a too-handsome mountain of a man, won't give her an extension on her book deadline, Florence prepares to kiss her career goodbye. But then she gets a phone call she never wanted to receive, and she must return home for the first time in a decade to help her family bury her beloved father. For ten years, she's run from the town that never understood her, and even though she misses the sound of a warm Southern night and her eccentric, loving family and their funeral parlor, she can't bring herself to stay. Even with her father gone, it feels like nothing in this town has changed. And she hates it. Until she finds a ghost standing at the funeral parlor's front door, just as broad and infuriatingly handsome as ever, and he's just as confused about why he's there as she is. Romance is most certainly dead . . . but so is her new editor, and his unfinished business will have her second-guessing everything she's ever known about love stories.
A disillusioned millennial ghostwriter who, quite literally, has some ghosts of her own, has to find her way back home in this sparkling adult debut from national bestselling author Ashley Poston.
Florence Day is the ghostwriter for one of the most prolific romance authors in the industry, and she has a problem--after a terrible breakup, she no longer believes in love. It's as good as dead. When her new editor, a too-handsome mountain of a man, won't give her an extension on her book deadline, Florence prepares to kiss her career goodbye. But then she gets a phone call she never wanted to receive, and she must return home for the first time in a decade to help her family bury her beloved father. For ten years, she's run from the town that never understood her, and even though she misses the sound of a warm Southern night and her eccentric, loving family and their funeral parlor, she can't bring herself to stay. Even with her father gone, it feels like nothing in this town has changed. And she hates it. Until she finds a ghost standing at the funeral parlor's front door, just as broad and infuriatingly handsome as ever, and he's just as confused about why he's there as she is. Romance is most certainly dead . . . but so is her new editor, and his unfinished business will have her second-guessing everything she's ever known about love stories.
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Blending contemporary romance with subtle elements of magical realism and paranormal fantasy, speculative romance novels have gained wide popularity through stories where love transcends ordinary rules of time and reality. Bestselling author Ashley Poston achieved major success with The Dead Romantics, a novel combining ghost stories, publishing culture, and heartfelt romance, establishing her signature mix of emotional depth and uncanny narrative twists.
Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, on May 20, 1985, Poston grew up in the rural South immersed in fanfiction, fantasy, and speculative fiction. She attended the University of South Carolina, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in English. Before writing full-time, she gained broad experience across the book trade, working as a barista, hotelier, clerk, and freelance cover designer before taking a position in the publishing industry designing and implementing marketing strategies for novels. Poston initially built her career in young adult fiction, debuting Geekerella in 2017 and publishing the space opera Heart of Iron in 2018. After writing over half a dozen YA titles, she made a successful transition into adult romance. Today, she writes full-time from her small grey house in South Carolina while dividing her time with New York.
Poston writes stories centered on love, friendship, and ever afters, frequently incorporating fantasy-adjacent elements into contemporary settings. Heavily influenced by her background reading and writing fanfiction, her adult romances feature high-concept premises—such as a book publicist whose apartment connects her to a roommate living seven years in the past, or a romance writer confronting a literal ghost—without shifting into full high fantasy. Her narrative approach combines humor, pop-culture and fandom homage, and thoughtful explorations of grief, identity, and emotional healing.
6 books in catalog
Blending contemporary romance with subtle elements of magical realism and paranormal fantasy, speculative romance novels have gained wide popularity through stories where love transcends ordinary rules of time and reality. Bestselling author Ashley Poston achieved major success with The Dead Romantics, a novel combining ghost stories, publishing culture, and heartfelt romance, establishing her signature mix of emotional depth and uncanny narrative twists.
Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, on May 20, 1985, Poston grew up in the rural South immersed in fanfiction, fantasy, and speculative fiction. She attended the University of South Carolina, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in English. Before writing full-time, she gained broad experience across the book trade, working as a barista, hotelier, clerk, and freelance cover designer before taking a position in the publishing industry designing and implementing marketing strategies for novels. Poston initially built her career in young adult fiction, debuting Geekerella in 2017 and publishing the space opera Heart of Iron in 2018. After writing over half a dozen YA titles, she made a successful transition into adult romance. Today, she writes full-time from her small grey house in South Carolina while dividing her time with New York.
Poston writes stories centered on love, friendship, and ever afters, frequently incorporating fantasy-adjacent elements into contemporary settings. Heavily influenced by her background reading and writing fanfiction, her adult romances feature high-concept premises—such as a book publicist whose apartment connects her to a roommate living seven years in the past, or a romance writer confronting a literal ghost—without shifting into full high fantasy. Her narrative approach combines humor, pop-culture and fandom homage, and thoughtful explorations of grief, identity, and emotional healing.
