First published 2026
Aubrey Lamb stands at thirty-two with little to show for it. She works gig jobs in Washington, DC, drowning in debt and nursing fresh wounds from a failed relationship and her father's death. Then news arrives that changes everything. Her father left her his portion of a Tennessee farm, and Aubrey sees escape from the city and her financial troubles. But the property comes with unexpected residents. Four ghosts roam the land, all members of the Lamb family who refuse to stay quiet about the living's poor choices in love, money, and clothing. As Aubrey reconnects with her surviving relatives, the spirits reveal the farm's troubled history. Her great-grandfather Thomas bought this land as one of the area's first Black property owners, dreaming of a legacy for his children. Instead, the inheritance became a curse that turned family members against each other and ended in tragedy. Now developers circle the farm while the ghosts panic about losing their eternal home. Aubrey must choose between honoring her ancestors' dreams and securing her own future.
Genres: american-fiction, historical-fiction, supernatural, contemporary, adult-fiction, family-drama
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, introspective, melancholic, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, ghosts-as-guides, inheritance-plot, reconnection-with-roots
Setting: Washington, DC, Tennessee
Period: 21st-century, contemporary
416 pages · Paperback · Holt Paperbacks
Content warnings: death