Nearly Departed: A feel-good, funny love story about grief, ghosts, and having a second shot at finding your soul mate, by Lucas Oakeley (paperback)
 
'Witty, moving and eminently readable, Nearly Departed is the millennial Truly Madly Deeply we’ve all been waiting for' Mike Gayle
 
'A sweet, sometimes spiky rom-com that takes in the stickiness and complexity of grief' The Times
 
LOVE READING Romance Book of the Month
 
Joel Foster is a hapless twenty-something. His girlfriend, Beth Lewis, would likely have been a hapless twenty-something, too, had she not been obliterated by a very large cement truck. Some time after Beth’s tragic death, Joel is still trying to juggle grief with the world of modern dating. And while he still feels like a widower, he has to find a new love before three years is up.
 
The catch? Just as Joel thinks he’s finally falling for someone, he starts getting haunted by Beth.
 
It’s not a ghost story, it’s a love story. With ghosts.