02292cam a2200313 i 4500 1567151637 TxAuBib 20240906120000.0 240125s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2024002997 9780593641217 paperback 0593641213 paperback TxAuBib rda DeLuca, Jen, author. Haunted ever after / Jen DeLuca. First edition. New York, NY : Berkley Romance, 2024. 336 pages ; 20 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Small Florida coastal towns often find themselves scrambling for the tourism dollars that the Orlando theme parks leave behind. And within the town limits of Boneyard Key, the residents decided long ago to lean into its ghostliness. Nick Royer, owner of the Hallowed Grounds coffee shop, embraces the ghost tourism that keeps the local economy afloat, as well as his spectral roommate. At least he doesn't have to run air-conditioning. Cassie Rutherford possibly overreacted to all her friends getting married and having kids when she left Orlando and bought a flipped historic cottage in Boneyard Key. Though there's something unusual about her new home (her laptop won't charge in any outlets and the poetry magnets on her fridge definitely didn't read "WRONG" and "MY HOUSE" when she put them up), she's charmed by the colorful history. And she's catching a certain vibe from the grumpy coffee shop owner. Nick takes her on a private ghost tour, sharing town gossip that tourists don't get to hear, and as they spend nights side-by-side looking into the former owners of her haunted cottage, their connection solidifies into something very real and enticing. But Cassie's worried she's in too deep with this whole (haunted) home ownership thing...and Nick's afraid to get too close in case Cassie gets scared away for good. 20240906. Man-woman relationships Fiction. Haunted houses Florida Fiction. Coffee shops Fiction. Romance fiction. lcgft Ghost stories. lcgft