The Dead Romantics

A GMA Book Club Pick (A Novel)

By: Ashley Poston

Narrated by: Eileen Stevens

Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins

Publisher's summary

A New York Times Notable Book of 2022!

The New York Times Bestseller and Good Morning America Book Club Pick!

"I LOVED this book! ...Funny, breathtaking, hopeful, and dreamy.”—Ali Hazelwood, New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis

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.

"One of the Summer's Hottest Reads"—Entertainment Weekly

©2022 Ashley Poston (P)2022 Penguin Audio

Critic reviews

"It’s ‘While You Were Sleeping’ meets ‘Six Feet Under,’ and I need to yell to everyone about how good it is…The result is an antidote for despair, a romance that is frank about the fact that life ends and time marches on but that nevertheless insists: We aren’t a gothic horror novel. We’re a love story. This is a book to make you laugh during the funeral scene and cry when the dance party begins."—The New York Times

“We could all use a good summer ghost story, and you can't get much better than Ashley Poston's adult fiction debut.”—Entertainment Weekly

“I LOVED this book. A beautiful, poignant story, full of beautiful, poignant characters. Florence is exactly the type of lovable, endearing, relatable lead I want to fall for, and her journey through learning how to love again had me squealing, sighing, laughing. The Dead Romantics is like a beautifully crafted puzzle: at the end all the pieces fall perfectly into place, and the picture that they form is at once touching, funny, breathtaking, hopeful, and dreamy.”—Ali Hazelwood, New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis

Romance isn't dead.

Loved this sweet and introspective ghost romance. this was my first Ashley Posten and it won't be my last! The narration was stellar.

Best read of 2022

Wow! I’ve read some really great books this year, but NOTHING tops The Dead Romantics. I want to listen over and over and over again. This book exceeded my highest expectations and filled up my heart and soul! Every lover of romance and words needs this book!

Such a different romance story

I loved Florence's story so much. I cried when she told her Dad goodbye and held out hope that Ben was somehow alive for her.

Just Like Heaven?

If you’ve seen “Just Like Heaven” and liked it, you’ll enjoy this book too. Similar plots, but the beginning and details are slightly different. Overall cute but expected.

Entertaining and lighthearted

I enjoyed the meaningful storyline about accepting ourselves for who we are and accepting death as a part of life. I appreciate a love story that is more than just sex scenes and this is that kind of love story.

Nailed it

Loved everything about this. Eileen Stevens was an awesome narrator, storyline kept me hooked and wishing there was more.

This was incredible

I didn’t know what to expect when I read this book. But from start to finish this was so so good! Funny, sad, sexy, beautiful. A must read!

Lovely, loving, sappy, tragic and just beautiful

Worth the credit. Ghost Whisperer meets HBO Hallmark Movie (no blue balls here). Perfect story to get lost in.

And if you’re suffering a loss - breakup, death, whatever, this book is a healing balm. I listened about a week after my sister’s funeral. I feel a little brighter now -lots of good life-lesson nuggets-but in a fun not-lecturey way.

I’ll be relistening for sure

Absolutely Adorable

This book was everything I needed it to be. The narrator was amazing and the book just makes absolute sense. I 100% recommend.

If you need a break from reality ...

like I did, this book might be the book for you. So grab a drink, cuddle your pup, close your eyes, relax and start listening. I truly hope that you enjoy this book like I did... and take a break...you deserve it too heck we all do!😊