Jen DeLuca (Well Met; Haunted Ever After) brings the Florida Gulf Coast to charming (if sweaty) life in Ghost Business. Raised in Boneyard Key, Fla., by her great-aunt Alice, Sophie has been quietly running a ghost tour for years. But she doesn't have an online presence and advertises only by word of mouth, so entrepreneur Tristan Martin has no idea she exists. Tristan arrives in Boneyard Key, the "most haunted town in Florida," excited to set up a new franchise of his successful company, Ghouls Night Out. He is shocked to discover that he might be about to ruin things for the pretty girl he just met in a bar.
Sophie realizes that Tristan is trying to horn in on her beloved business, and she publicly explodes when their opposing tours collide, a moment that is unfortunately caught on camera by tourists and goes viral. Both Sophie's and Tristan's businesses see an increase in sales, but Boneyard Key is still too small for two ghost-tour companies, so the pair strike a bargain: whoever has earned more by the end of September stays open, while the loser agrees to fold. The problem with having made a deal with the devil, Sophie soon discovers, is that this devil is undeniably cute. She needs to resist Tristan's charms to protect her business, but the question is, can she?
Sweet, sexy, and full of lighthearted paranormal antics, Ghost Business is an excellent read for fans of the enemies-to-lovers trope, small-town settings, and a little supernatural mischief that perfectly straddles the line between summery beach read and spooky season romance. --Jessica Howard, former bookseller, freelance book reviewer