34 Books like The Dead Romantics

Soul Searching

by Lyla Sage • 2025

A broke medium returns to her haunted hometown and the quiet upholsterer who anchors her there.

3.65

45k+

👻 Ghost Romance 🏘️ Small Town Paranormal 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💔 Wounded Healers 🫂 Found Family

Soul Searching 96%

A broke medium returns to her haunted hometown and the quiet upholsterer who anchors her there.

by Lyla Sage 2025

3.65

45k+ ratings

👻 Ghost Romance 🏘️ Small Town Paranormal 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💔 Wounded Healers 🫂 Found Family

Under the Whispering Door

by T.J. Klune • 2021

A cold lawyer dies and falls for the kind ferryman at a tea shop between worlds.

4.11

327k+

🫖 Cozy Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 💔 Grief Processing 📋 Afterlife Bureaucracy 👻 Ghost Romance

Under the Whispering Door 94%

A cold lawyer dies and falls for the kind ferryman at a tea shop between worlds.

by T.J. Klune 2021

4.11

327k+ ratings

🫖 Cozy Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 💔 Grief Processing 📋 Afterlife Bureaucracy 👻 Ghost Romance

Wayward Souls

by Devon Monk • 2020

Bound to Route 66 with her ghost husband, she hunts for a magic that could end their curse.

4.02

754

👻 Ghost Romance 🥀 Cursed Lovers 🛣️ Supernatural Road Trip 🏘️ Small Town Paranormal 🏜️ Paranormal Americana

Wayward Souls 94%

Bound to Route 66 with her ghost husband, she hunts for a magic that could end their curse.

by Devon Monk 2020

4.02

754 ratings

👻 Ghost Romance 🥀 Cursed Lovers 🛣️ Supernatural Road Trip 🏘️ Small Town Paranormal 🏜️ Paranormal Americana

Grim

by D.J. Krimmer • 2025

A reaper assigned to collect a dying woman falls for her instead. She has nine days left.

4.38

11k+

👻 Reaper Romance 📋 Bureaucratic Afterlife 🏚️ Southern Gothic ⏳ Countdown To Death 🏡 Ancestral Home

Grim 94%

A reaper assigned to collect a dying woman falls for her instead. She has nine days left.

by D.J. Krimmer 2025

4.38

11k+ ratings

👻 Reaper Romance 📋 Bureaucratic Afterlife 🏚️ Southern Gothic ⏳ Countdown To Death 🏡 Ancestral Home

Seeing Other People

by Emily Wibberley • 2025

A support group for the haunted: she's dodging a date's ghost, he still lives with his dead fiancée.

3.91

3k+

👻 Ghost Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 👥 Found Family ✨ Cozy Paranormal 💕 Second Chance At Love

Seeing Other People 94%

A support group for the haunted: she's dodging a date's ghost, he still lives with his dead fiancée.

by Emily Wibberley 2025

3.91

3k+ ratings

👻 Ghost Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 👥 Found Family ✨ Cozy Paranormal 💕 Second Chance At Love

The Law of Moses

by Amy Harmon • 2014

A vet's daughter pursues a haunted outcast whose paintings of missing girls stir a killer.

4.34

39k+

🏡 Small Town Romance 👻 Visions Of The Dead 💞 Second Chance Romance 💔 Tortured Hero 🎨 Art As Healing

The Law of Moses 94%

A vet's daughter pursues a haunted outcast whose paintings of missing girls stir a killer.

by Amy Harmon 2014

4.34

39k+ ratings

🏡 Small Town Romance 👻 Visions Of The Dead 💞 Second Chance Romance 💔 Tortured Hero 🎨 Art As Healing

The Smallest Part

by Amy Harmon • 2018

Ghosts and secrets complicate a hairdresser's devotion to her dead best friend's husband and child.

4.16

14k+

🐌 Slow Burn 🏡 Found Family 👨‍👧 Single Father 👻 Ghostly Visitations 💔 Heartbreak And Hope

The Smallest Part 94%

Ghosts and secrets complicate a hairdresser's devotion to her dead best friend's husband and child.

by Amy Harmon 2018

4.16

14k+ ratings

🐌 Slow Burn 🏡 Found Family 👨‍👧 Single Father 👻 Ghostly Visitations 💔 Heartbreak And Hope

Remain

by Nicholas Sparks • 2025

Grieving his sister, an architect falls for the murdered ghost haunting his rented Victorian.

3.77

68k+

👻 Ghost Love Story 🔍 Paranormal Mystery 💔 Impossible Love 🌅 Bittersweet Ending 😢 Tearjerker

Remain 94%

Grieving his sister, an architect falls for the murdered ghost haunting his rented Victorian.

by Nicholas Sparks 2025

3.77

68k+ ratings

👻 Ghost Love Story 🔍 Paranormal Mystery 💔 Impossible Love 🌅 Bittersweet Ending 😢 Tearjerker

Signs of Cupidity

by Raven Kennedy • 2018

A lonely invisible cupid becomes flesh and lands at the mercy of three exiled fae warriors.

4.06

28k+

🏹 Cupid Heroine 👑 Fae Court Intrigue 🏡 Forced Proximity 🐺 Found Family 😏 Snarky Heroine

Signs of Cupidity 94%

A lonely invisible cupid becomes flesh and lands at the mercy of three exiled fae warriors.

by Raven Kennedy 2018

4.06

28k+ ratings

🏹 Cupid Heroine 👑 Fae Court Intrigue 🏡 Forced Proximity 🐺 Found Family 😏 Snarky Heroine

Lirio rojo

by Nora Roberts • 2005

At a haunted Tennessee mansion, a single mother's new love awakens a ghost's deadly envy.

4.11

44k+

🏚️ Haunted Mansion 👩‍👧 Single Mother Heroine 💀 Ancestral Curse 🌿 Gentle Hero 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Lirio rojo 94%

At a haunted Tennessee mansion, a single mother's new love awakens a ghost's deadly envy.

by Nora Roberts 2005

4.11

44k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted Mansion 👩‍👧 Single Mother Heroine 💀 Ancestral Curse 🌿 Gentle Hero 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

A Ballad of Phantoms and Hope

by K.M. Moronova • 2024

In purgatory, a dead artist falls for a phantom dancer, chasing a bucket list toward healing.

4.19

8k+

🖤 Ghost Romance 📝 Unfinished Business 📋 Bucket List Quest 🎨 Art As Healing 🔗 Trauma Bond

A Ballad of Phantoms and Hope 94%

In purgatory, a dead artist falls for a phantom dancer, chasing a bucket list toward healing.

by K.M. Moronova 2024

4.19

8k+ ratings

🖤 Ghost Romance 📝 Unfinished Business 📋 Bucket List Quest 🎨 Art As Healing 🔗 Trauma Bond

Love at First Fright

by Nadia El-Fassi • 2025

A ghost-seeing novelist and the actor cast in her film wage war on a haunted set.

3.61

3k+

🏚️ Cozy Ghost Romance 🎬 Celebrity Romance 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🎥 Forced Proximity ⛓️ D/S Dynamics

Love at First Fright 94%

A ghost-seeing novelist and the actor cast in her film wage war on a haunted set.

by Nadia El-Fassi 2025

3.61

3k+ ratings

🏚️ Cozy Ghost Romance 🎬 Celebrity Romance 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🎥 Forced Proximity ⛓️ D/S Dynamics

The Love of My Afterlife

by Kirsty Greenwood • 2024

Back from the dead to kiss her soulmate, Delphie can't stop noticing her grumpy neighbor.

4.04

89k+

👻 Afterlife Rom-Com 🏠 Neighbors To Lovers 💔 Mistaken Soulmate ✨ Magical Second Chance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

The Love of My Afterlife 94%

Back from the dead to kiss her soulmate, Delphie can't stop noticing her grumpy neighbor.

by Kirsty Greenwood 2024

4.04

89k+ ratings

👻 Afterlife Rom-Com 🏠 Neighbors To Lovers 💔 Mistaken Soulmate ✨ Magical Second Chance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Happy Medium

by Sarah Adler • 2024

Faking an exorcism goes wrong when the ghost is real and the farmer sees through her con.

3.67

20k+

💍 Marriage Of Convenience 👻 Meddling Ghost 🌤️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🌾 Rural Romance 🏡 Cozy Paranormal

Happy Medium 94%

Faking an exorcism goes wrong when the ghost is real and the farmer sees through her con.

by Sarah Adler 2024

3.67

20k+ ratings

💍 Marriage Of Convenience 👻 Meddling Ghost 🌤️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🌾 Rural Romance 🏡 Cozy Paranormal

Belladonna

by Adalyn Grace • 2022

A deathless orphan hunts a poisoner through a haunted manor, with Death as her dangerous ally.

3.94

182k+

🏚️ Gothic Manor 🖤 Death And The Maiden 💀 Death Personified ☠️ Poison Mystery 👻 Spirit Communication

Belladonna 93%

A deathless orphan hunts a poisoner through a haunted manor, with Death as her dangerous ally.

by Adalyn Grace 2022

3.94

182k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Manor 🖤 Death And The Maiden 💀 Death Personified ☠️ Poison Mystery 👻 Spirit Communication

Crazy Spooky Love

by Josie Silver • 2025

A psychic opens a ghost-busting agency, only to face her TV ex at a haunted mansion.

3.56

4k+

🔍 Ghost Hunting Agency 🔮 Psychic Heroine 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🫂 Found Family ✨ Cozy Paranormal

Crazy Spooky Love 93%

A psychic opens a ghost-busting agency, only to face her TV ex at a haunted mansion.

by Josie Silver 2025

3.56

4k+ ratings

🔍 Ghost Hunting Agency 🔮 Psychic Heroine 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🫂 Found Family ✨ Cozy Paranormal

Apartment 2B

by K. Webster • 2014

An abuse survivor moves into a crumbling apartment and falls for the neighbor the cold follows.

3.82

2k+

🖤 Ghost Love Interest 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🫂 Found Family 🖐️ Fear Of Touch 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere

Apartment 2B 93%

An abuse survivor moves into a crumbling apartment and falls for the neighbor the cold follows.

by K. Webster 2014

3.82

2k+ ratings

🖤 Ghost Love Interest 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🫂 Found Family 🖐️ Fear Of Touch 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere

The Hollow

by Jessica Verday • 2009

After her best friend drowns in Sleepy Hollow, her only comfort is a ghost who cannot love.

3.74

21k+

👻 Ghost Boyfriend 🌫️ Small Town Gothic 🖤 Grieving A Friend 📖 Best Friend's Secret 🍂 Autumnal Atmosphere

The Hollow 93%

After her best friend drowns in Sleepy Hollow, her only comfort is a ghost who cannot love.

by Jessica Verday 2009

3.74

21k+ ratings

👻 Ghost Boyfriend 🌫️ Small Town Gothic 🖤 Grieving A Friend 📖 Best Friend's Secret 🍂 Autumnal Atmosphere

Shadowland

by Jenny Carroll • 2000

She helps the dead cross over. Her bedroom ghost won't leave. Her school ghost wants revenge.

4.04

71k+

👻 Supernatural Calling 💕 Ghost Love Interest 😡 Vengeful Spirit 👨‍👩‍👦 Blended Family 💅 Snarky Heroine

Shadowland 93%

She helps the dead cross over. Her bedroom ghost won't leave. Her school ghost wants revenge.

by Jenny Carroll 2000

4.04

71k+ ratings

👻 Supernatural Calling 💕 Ghost Love Interest 😡 Vengeful Spirit 👨‍👩‍👦 Blended Family 💅 Snarky Heroine

A Fate Unknown

by Sinclair Kelly • 2021

A ghost with no memory haunts a house. Five men arrive. One feels what she feels.

4.15

2k+

👻 Ghost Romance 💕 Why Choose Romance 🔮 Fated Mates 🤔 Amnesia Trope 🫂 Found Family

A Fate Unknown 93%

A ghost with no memory haunts a house. Five men arrive. One feels what she feels.

by Sinclair Kelly 2021

4.15

2k+ ratings

👻 Ghost Romance 💕 Why Choose Romance 🔮 Fated Mates 🤔 Amnesia Trope 🫂 Found Family

Good Spirits

by B.K. Borison • 2025

A grumpy Ghost of Christmas Past falls for the messy antiques dealer he's supposed to haunt.

3.97

143k+

👻 Ghost Love Interest 📋 Afterlife Bureaucracy ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💞 Mutual Healing 🎄 Holiday Magic

Good Spirits 93%

A grumpy Ghost of Christmas Past falls for the messy antiques dealer he's supposed to haunt.

by B.K. Borison 2025

3.97

143k+ ratings

👻 Ghost Love Interest 📋 Afterlife Bureaucracy ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💞 Mutual Healing 🎄 Holiday Magic

Trying to Live With the Dead

by B.L. Brunnemer • 2016

She sees ghosts. Five fierce boys become her shield, but the boundary between worlds is closing.

4.15

13k+

🖤 Necromancer Heroine 🫂 Found Family 💕 Reverse Harem 💔 Trauma Recovery 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Trying to Live With the Dead 93%

She sees ghosts. Five fierce boys become her shield, but the boundary between worlds is closing.

by B.L. Brunnemer 2016

4.15

13k+ ratings

🖤 Necromancer Heroine 🫂 Found Family 💕 Reverse Harem 💔 Trauma Recovery 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Spirited Situation

by Louisa Masters • 2022

A medium's dream job at a haunted estate has one snag: his one-night stand works there.

4.13

4k+

💕 Paranormal Rom-Com 🏠 Found Family 🔥 One-Night Stand To Lovers 👁️ Ghost Medium ☕ Cozy Paranormal

Spirited Situation 93%

A medium's dream job at a haunted estate has one snag: his one-night stand works there.

by Louisa Masters 2022

4.13

4k+ ratings

💕 Paranormal Rom-Com 🏠 Found Family 🔥 One-Night Stand To Lovers 👁️ Ghost Medium ☕ Cozy Paranormal

Beautiful Creatures

by Kami Garcia • 2009

A Southern boy loves a witch whose sixteenth birthday will curse her soul.

3.78

623k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🕯️ Generational Curse 🌙 Witch Coming Of Age 💔 Forbidden Love 🔮 Fated Connection

Beautiful Creatures 93%

A Southern boy loves a witch whose sixteenth birthday will curse her soul.

by Kami Garcia 2009

3.78

623k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🕯️ Generational Curse 🌙 Witch Coming Of Age 💔 Forbidden Love 🔮 Fated Connection

Inheritance

by Nora Roberts • 2023

Her broken engagement delivers her to a Maine manor where brides die and a curse waits.

4.26

77k+

🏚️ Modern Gothic 👻 Haunted House Romance 🕯️ Generational Curse 💛 Found Family 👯 Female Friendship

Inheritance 93%

Her broken engagement delivers her to a Maine manor where brides die and a curse waits.

by Nora Roberts 2023

4.26

77k+ ratings

🏚️ Modern Gothic 👻 Haunted House Romance 🕯️ Generational Curse 💛 Found Family 👯 Female Friendship

Existence

by Abbi Glines • 2004

She sees souls. He is Death. Their love breaks the rules, and the price is her life or his.

3.92

63k+

🖤 Death As Love Interest 👻 Sees Dead People 💔 Paranormal Love Triangle 🏘️ Small Town Paranormal 🥀 Early 2000s Paranormal

Existence 93%

She sees souls. He is Death. Their love breaks the rules, and the price is her life or his.

by Abbi Glines 2004

3.92

63k+ ratings

🖤 Death As Love Interest 👻 Sees Dead People 💔 Paranormal Love Triangle 🏘️ Small Town Paranormal 🥀 Early 2000s Paranormal

Death's Obsession

by Avina St. Graves • 2023

Death should have taken her in the crash. Instead he fell in love with her.

3.50

64k+

🖤 Death As Love Interest 👁️ Supernatural Stalker ✉️ Letters From Beyond 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere 🌙 Dreamlike Surreal

Death's Obsession 93%

Death should have taken her in the crash. Instead he fell in love with her.

by Avina St. Graves 2023

3.50

64k+ ratings

🖤 Death As Love Interest 👁️ Supernatural Stalker ✉️ Letters From Beyond 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere 🌙 Dreamlike Surreal

Pen Pal

by J.T. Geissinger • 2022

Letters from a prisoner promise forever. A roofer stakes his claim. The house wants revenge.

4.11

218k+

👻 Ghost Romance 🪦 Posthumous Narrator 🌀 Unreliable Narrator ⛓️ Dominance And Submission 🔪 Touch Her And Die

Pen Pal 92%

Letters from a prisoner promise forever. A roofer stakes his claim. The house wants revenge.

by J.T. Geissinger 2022

4.11

218k+ ratings

👻 Ghost Romance 🪦 Posthumous Narrator 🌀 Unreliable Narrator ⛓️ Dominance And Submission 🔪 Touch Her And Die

The Warlord Wants Forever

by Kresley Cole • 2006

A Valkyrie prisoner's touch awakens her vampire captor's heart. He will never stop hunting her.

4.02

65k+

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🩸 Vampire Fated Mates 🔮 Magical Compulsion ⚔️ Immortal Warriors 🌶️ High Heat

The Warlord Wants Forever 92%

A Valkyrie prisoner's touch awakens her vampire captor's heart. He will never stop hunting her.

by Kresley Cole 2006

4.02

65k+ ratings

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🩸 Vampire Fated Mates 🔮 Magical Compulsion ⚔️ Immortal Warriors 🌶️ High Heat

The Corpse in the Closet

by Lucy Score • 2021

A psychic helps solve a glamorous murder. The killer's reply: a glitter bomb and a countdown.

4.25

38k+

🏚️ Paranormal Cozy 🔮 Psychic Detective 👻 Reluctant Psychic 💕 Established Relationship 😂 Comedic Mystery

The Corpse in the Closet 92%

A psychic helps solve a glamorous murder. The killer's reply: a glitter bomb and a countdown.

by Lucy Score 2021

4.25

38k+ ratings

🏚️ Paranormal Cozy 🔮 Psychic Detective 👻 Reluctant Psychic 💕 Established Relationship 😂 Comedic Mystery

The Other Ones

by Fran Hart • 2022

A haunted house, a shunned boy, and the eccentric new arrival who brings casseroles instead of fear.

3.85

2k+

🫂 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 👻 Haunted House Story 🌈 Queer Awakening 🤫 Small Town Secrets

The Other Ones 92%

A haunted house, a shunned boy, and the eccentric new arrival who brings casseroles instead of fear.

by Fran Hart 2022

3.85

2k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 👻 Haunted House Story 🌈 Queer Awakening 🤫 Small Town Secrets

The Forget-Me-Not Library

by Heather Webber • 2025

A grief-stricken nurse breaks down in a town where a library cat returns what tragedy stole.

4.09

9k+

🏘️ Small Town Magical Realism 📚 Bookish Magic 🫂 Found Family 💕 Slow Burn Romance 🕊️ Healing From Loss

The Forget-Me-Not Library 92%

A grief-stricken nurse breaks down in a town where a library cat returns what tragedy stole.

by Heather Webber 2025

4.09

9k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Magical Realism 📚 Bookish Magic 🫂 Found Family 💕 Slow Burn Romance 🕊️ Healing From Loss

Aftertaste

by Daria Lavelle • 2025

A chef tastes the meals of the dead. His restaurant for the grieving unleashes hungry ghosts.

3.86

20k+

🍽️ Food As Memory ✨ Sensory Magic 🫂 Found Family 👻 Ghosts And Grief 💔 Bittersweet Romance

Aftertaste 92%

A chef tastes the meals of the dead. His restaurant for the grieving unleashes hungry ghosts.

by Daria Lavelle 2025

3.86

20k+ ratings

🍽️ Food As Memory ✨ Sensory Magic 🫂 Found Family 👻 Ghosts And Grief 💔 Bittersweet Romance

The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy

by Megan Bannen • 2022

A demigod marshal and an undertaker can't stand each other. Their secret letters say otherwise.

4.04

50k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers ✉️ Epistolary Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💀 Macabre Humor

The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy Summary

The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy 92%

A demigod marshal and an undertaker can't stand each other. Their secret letters say otherwise.

by Megan Bannen 2022

4.04

50k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers ✉️ Epistolary Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💀 Macabre Humor

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