Book Recommendation: Happily Ever Afterlife by Emma R. Alban
Happily Ever Afterlife (Scheduled release date: September 29, 2026, Alcove Press, Crooked Lane Books, Penguin Random House) is the new novel by author Emma R. Alban. Click on the link to reach the website to learn more about the author and her books.
A hauntingly good sapphic paranormal romance from USA Today bestselling author Emma R. Alban.
A struggling writer falls for the hot ghost mom she meets in the iconic Dakota Building in a romance perfect for fans of The Dead Romantics.
Frannie's awful boss, celebrated literary novelist Henry L. Olsen, just told her that her latest manuscript is a dud—again. Frustrated and lonely, Frannie stomps around the ninth floor of the famously haunted Dakota Building in Manhattan, desperate for something to change. And then, something does.
Bridgette, the ghost of a little girl from 1889, appears out of nowhere and asks Frannie to play catch. Shocked, and wildly curious, Frannie says yes to the ghostly invitation, and soon meets Bridgette's ghost-brother, Michael . . . and the children's exceedingly attractive and aloof 1960s ghost mom, Elsa.
Fascinated, and more than a little flustered, Frannie starts secretly writing a book about Elsa (a.k.a. Hot Ghost Mom). And while her boss is on book tour, through a mutual affection for musicals, banter, and the ghost children, Frannie and Elsa slowly become friends, until Frannie finds herself tumbling head over heels in love with a ghost tied to a building she couldn't afford to live in over four lifetimes.
Now, Frannie either has to give up her ambitions of becoming a novelist to remain Henry's assistant in the Dakota forever, or somehow free her ghost family from their immortal home. With her career, future, and heart on the line, can Frannie find a way to write them all a happily ever after . . . life?
Emma R. Alban brings her signature swoon-worthy writing to another gorgeous sapphic love story that will have every reader yearning for their own Hot Ghost Mom. Goodreads
Emma R. Alban writes Queer Historical Romance about finding yourself, falling in love, and making a loving world for you, your family, and your friends.
She also writes TV Drama about all of the above, and sometimes vampires.
Raised in the Hudson Valley, she now lives in Los Angeles, enjoying the eternal sunshine, ocean, and mountains. When she isn't writing, she can usually be found stress baking with the AC on full blast, skiing late into the spring, and reading anywhere there’s somewhere to lean.
She is the author of Don't Want You Like a Best Friend, You're the Problem, It's You, Like in Love with You, and the upcoming Happily Ever Afterlife.
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