The Reason is You

Riley saw Alex.Riley wasn't supposed to see people like Alex...In the small Texas town where she grew up, Dani Shane learned early on that being different stirred up gossip, and even leaving town for two decades didn't stop the talk. Now, forced to move back, all Dani wants is to settle in quietly with her teenage daughter and put the past behind her. The men in her life--both alive, and not so alive--won't make that easy.Alex...her best and only friend. The man who saved her sanity too many times to count. Mischievous, sexy, still hot enough to melt her shoes--and dead. He's always been there for her, but things are different now. She's different now. And fun fact...her daughter can see ghosts now, too. Jason, a flesh-and-blood man whose quiet strength and powerful body sets Dani on fire and puts new twists on her already complicated life.As she struggles to make a new life in a town that won't let her forget her old one, Dani's determined to solve a decades-old puzzle that won't leave her alone. Secrets that were never meant to see the light of day are intertwined with the people she loves the most, and choices have to be made. Between a man who long ago touched her heart and a man she can actually touch... "A hauntingly beautiful story from a writer with a fresh, new voice." ~ Jodi Thomas, USA Today & NYT Bestselling Author

New York Times Bestselling Author Jodi Thomas

“A hauntingly beautiful story from a writer with a fresh new voice.”

a freshly impoverished and romance-challenged heroine moves back home and reinvents herself, finding love in the process. But by page two I knew Lovelace was going to yank that expectation away from me and shape it into something astonishing and glorious, then thrust it back at me and dare me not to love it. And I did. I loved it…The Reason Is You is a splendid debut and all-consuming reading experience.”

“The book’s opening reads like women’s fiction

and lucky for readers, the line between our world and the mystical one is deliciously blurred. I could not put down this book, devoured it quickly, and can’t wait to see what the author comes up with next."

"A spot-on debut novel, Sharla Lovelace's prose is smart, witty, funny, with a hot sexy edge that makes The Reason Is You an oh-so-tantalizing romantic journey, without any gooey gushiness oozing too sweet sentiment. She takes us through the lives of Dani and a fascinating cast of characters

Therese Walsh, author of The Last Will of Moira Leahy

“A romantic story about love, ghosts, and second chances. But under all of that, it's a story about redemption. This novel is the definition of a page-turner.”

About the Author

Sharla Lovelace once hunted for crab in a Honduran jungle and explored an unknown cave on her belly through a rabbit hole. Not in the same night. Now, she lives in Southeast Texas and writes in an adorable cottage in her backyard.

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