Elara knows the first rule of being a medium: never trust a ghost simply because it has a pretty smile and a sad story. She also knows herself well enough to admit she will probably break that rule. Living behind the crumbling Briarwick Manor with her ghostly best friend Lucian has taught her that the dead are complicated, lonely, funny, and sometimes dangerous. When Elara becomes determined to help a troubled spirit leave the cemetery behind, she begins uncovering a darker haunting connected to old pain that refuses to stay buried. Orion is one of the few living people willing to follow her into places sane people avoid, and his steady presence becomes essential as Elara’s compassion repeatedly pulls her toward ghosts who may not want to be saved. Their investigation leads through graveyards, abandoned attractions, restless spirits, and a history of cruelty that still has power after death. At the same time, Elara begins imagining a future for Briarwick as something more than a decaying property. Perhaps it can become a sanctuary for the dead who have nowhere else to go and for the living people who understand them. The Lantern Inn of Lost Souls is a heartfelt paranormal romance blending ghost mystery, found family, haunted atmosphere, grief, humor, and a tender love story about building a home where even the lost are allowed to belong.
Elara knows the first rule of being a medium: never trust a ghost simply because it has a pretty smile and a sad story. She also knows herself well enough to admit she will probably break that rule. Living behind the crumbling Briarwick Manor with her ghostly best friend Lucian has taught her tha...