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✨The bestselling magical rom-com now in a stunning hardback Collector's Edition featuring beautiful sprayed edges and designed endpapers!✨ ‘I LOVED this book! Funny, hopeful and dreamy’ ALI HAZELWOOD ‘An absolute delight’ CHRISTINA LAUREN Florence Day is a ghost-writer with one big problem. She’s supposed to be... Read More
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✨The bestselling magical rom-com now in a stunning hardback Collector's Edition featuring beautiful sprayed edges and designed endpapers!✨

‘I LOVED this book! Funny, hopeful and dreamy’ ALI HAZELWOOD

‘An absolute delight’ CHRISTINA LAUREN

Florence Day is a ghost-writer with one big problem. She’s supposed to be penning swoon-worthy novels for a famous romance author but, after a bad break-up, Florence no longer believes in love. And when her strict (but undeniably hot) new editor, Benji Andor, won’t give her an extension on her book deadline, Florence prepares to kiss her career goodbye.

When tragedy strikes and Florence has to head home, the last thing she expects to see is a ghost at her front door. Not just any ghost, however, but the stern form of her still very hot – yet now unquestionably dead – new editor.

As sparks start to fly between them, Florence tells herself she can’t be falling for a ghost – even an infuriatingly sexy one. But can Benji help Florence to realise love isn’t dead, after all?

If you fell in love with Funny Story, This Spells Love and The Hating Game, this laugh-out-loud romance will sweep you away.

Readers LOVE The Dead Romantics:

‘This book made me sob, wow. It made me feel so many feelings … Please prepare to have nonstop tears running down your face’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘This book destroyed my life but in a hot way’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Adorably romantic and an absolute pleasure to read’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'Benji was a pure delight! Handsome, sexy and humble' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'A bit quirky, funny, a bit sad at times but also makes your heart warm and romantic … couldn't put it down' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'A must read … I have a book hangover' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780008779757

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 09 October 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: HQ

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 26.0mm

Width: 159.0mm

Height: 240.0mm

Weight: 560g

Pages: 368

About the Author

Ashley Poston writes stories about love and friendship and ever afters. A native to South Carolina, she now lives in a small grey house with her sassy cat and too many books. You can find her on the internet, somewhere, watching cat videos and reading fan-fiction. Tweet her at @ashposton and find out more about her at www.ashposton.com.

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