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Soul Searching

by Lyla Sage

🌶️🌶️🌶️moderate·spoiler·Sweetwater Peak #1·Ongoing Series

Why Read This?

Lyla Sage brings her signature small-town warmth to a paranormal twist — a ghost-whispering photographer and a golden retriever upholsterer make the coziest haunted roommates-to-lovers you never knew you needed.

Synopsis

Home is where the heart is—and this one is haunted. The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Rebel Blue Ranch series returns with a brand-new story, featuring a small-town upholsterer in need of a fresh start, a photographer whose life has come to a screeching halt . . . and the supernatural forces that bring them together. Collins Cartwright does not want to go home. Sweetwater Peak, Wyoming, was supposed to be in her rearview mirror, but when she finds out a developer is trying to buy her parents’ antique shop out from under them, she doesn’t have a choice—at least, that’s what she tells her family. They don’t need to know she’s lost her job and is out of money. Or that the ghosts that have always been her companions have recently gone silent. But just because she’s returned home doesn’t mean she has to stay with her parents or crash on her twin sister’s couch. Lucky for her, the new-to-town upholsterer has a room for rent above his store. Unluckily, it is absolutely crawling with more ghosts who are freezing her out. And Collins hates being ignored. Brady Cooper is absolutely and totally fine. Seriously, there’s no secret reason why he decided to uproot his life and suddenly move to Sweetwater Peak. He just needed a change of pace. At least, that’s what he tells himself. And everyone else. When he agrees to let the elusive Collins Cartwright stay in his spare room, he doesn’t know that she’s absolutely bonkers—constantly talking to herself and having conversations with no one—or that she looked like that. But as they begin to get closer, the lines between them start to blur, leaving both of them—and the ghosts that have been pushing them together—wondering whether or not their temporary arrangement could be something more permanent.

At a Glance

3.67 ★ Goodreads
Spice Level🌶️🌶️🌶️moderate
Endingspoiler
PairingM/F
Romance Pacingslow burn

Top Tropes

forced proximitygrumpy sunshineslow burn

Mood

romanticheartwarmingmagicalwhimsical

Book Details

Goodreads Rating

3.67 ★

Page Count

368 pages

Published

2025

Primary Genre

Paranormal Romance

Pairing

M/F

POV

Dual POV

Romance Pacing

Slow Burn

Cliffhanger

spoiler

Audiobook

Available

Yes

Format

Duet Narration

Narrator

Jason Clarke, Samantha Brentmoor

Tropes

RomanceMagicActionAngstWorld
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Mood & Vibe

Mood

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Characters

FMC: snarky/sarcastic sign in to unlock

Spice Details 🌶️

slow build with emotional connection, scenes arrive late but are sensual and intimate sign in to unlock

domestic abuse (backstory)deathanimal death (mentioned)murder (past events)griefmental illnesssexism

World & Setting

paranormal sign in to unlock

Reading Context

romantic fulfillment sign in to unlock

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