by Josie Silver
On her twenty-seventh birthday, Melody Bittersweet transforms a dusty storeroom into headquarters for the Girls' Ghostbusting Agency. Unlike her ghost-sensitive relatives who run Blithe Spirits on Chapelwick's High Street, Melody doesn't relay messages from the dead. She evicts them. Her first case involves three ghost brothers who terrorize potential buyers at a grand old house. The Scarborough brothers harbor deadly secrets, including murder, and their unfinished business runs deeper than expected. Melody faces competition from Leo Dark, her fame-hungry ex who arrives with a TV crew in tow. Fletcher Gunn, a skeptical reporter determined to expose the Bittersweet family as frauds, complicates matters further. He claims professional interest, but his attraction to Melody tells a different story. As Melody works to solve the brothers' century-old mystery, she must navigate between Leo's ambitions and Fletcher's cynicism while protecting her fledgling business. The case threatens everything she's built, but the real danger lies in her growing feelings for the one man dedicated to destroying her family's reputation.
Genres: mystery, ghost-stories, paranormal-romance, contemporary-romance
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Chapelwick, Scarborough
Period: Twenty-Seventh Birthday
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