Soul Searching (Sweetwater Peak #1) by Lyla Sage
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Rebel Blue Ranch series returns with a brand-new story, featuring a small-town upholsterer in need of a fresh start, a photographer whose life has come to a screeching halt . . . and the supernatural forces that bring them together.
Collins Cartwright does not want to go home. Sweetwater Peak, Wyoming, was supposed to be in her rearview mirror, but when she finds out a developer is trying to buy her parents’ antique shop out from under them, she doesn’t have a choice—at least, that’s what she tells her family. They don’t need to know she’s lost her job and is out of money. Or that the ghosts that have always been her companions have recently gone silent.
But just because she’s returned home doesn’t mean she has to stay with her parents or crash on her twin sister’s couch. Lucky for her, the new-to-town upholsterer has a room for rent above his store. Unluckily, it is absolutely crawling with more ghosts who are freezing her out. And Collins hates being ignored.
Brady Cooper is absolutely and totally fine. Seriously, there’s no secret reason why he decided to uproot his life and suddenly move to Sweetwater Peak. He just needed a change of pace. At least, that’s what he tells himself. And everyone else.
When he agrees to let the elusive Collins Cartwright stay in his spare room, he doesn’t know that she’s absolutely bonkers—constantly talking to herself and having conversations with no one—or that she looked like that. But as they begin to get closer, the lines between them start to blur, leaving both of them—and the ghosts that have been pushing them together—wondering whether or not their temporary arrangement could be something more permanent.
Review: Collins Cartwright reluctantly returns home to Sweetwater Peak, Wyoming when she finds out a developer is trying to buy her parents' antique shop. But rather than stay with her parents or twin sister, she opts to rent a room for the town's upholsterer, one Brady Cooper.
I loved Sage's Rebel Blue Ranch series and this had similar smalltown romance vibes plus paranormal ghosts. Collins and her twin sister can see and communicate with ghosts. Forced proximity is always one of my favorite tropes and I enjoyed seeing Brady and Collins forced to spend time together. I also liked that, unlike in most romances, Brady is less experienced than Collins.
But, have to be honest, I was bored for most of this. It was the fifth book I've read by this author but my least favorite. I have never read a book with ghosts that did so little for me. I didn't really think the ghosts added to the plot at all? They certainly didn't add suspense or tension. I guess it was cool and Collins got some neat back stories about former town residents but that was about it.
The most interesting part of this book was the brief moment when I learned that Collins and her twin sister were named after their mother and grandmother's maiden names. Everything else was pretty snooze-worthy.
This was well done on audio with duet narration.
Stars: 3
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