Sarah Adler’s 2nd book, Happy Medium, is a delightful enemies-to-lovers romance and ghost story featuring a fake medium with her own moral code, a reluctant goat farmer, and a charming (but somewhat sexist) 100-year-old ghost with a TV addiction.
When Gretchen Acorn is asked by her most important client to help an old friend exorcise a ghost on his family’s goat farm who has been driving away potential buyers, she reluctantly agrees because, even though the $10,000 would really come in handy, she doesn’t have any prior knowledge that would help her with her scam. So, imagine her surprise when the old farmer, Charles Waybill, turns out to be a handsome man about her age who knows she’s a scammer and promptly boots her off his property and the ghost she doesn’t believe in not only blocks her exit but can talk with her as well. Now she just has to convince Charlie that the ghost, Everett Waybill, is real and his reasons for the haunting are a matter of life and death. Can Gretchen learn to trust love and can Charlie learn to trust her before it’s too late?
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and am now going to go back and read her debut novel, Mrs. Nash’s Ashes. Adler does a wonderful job creating characters whose honesty, kindness, and compassion reel us in and balancing the romance between Charlie and Gretchen with her relationship with Everett which is full of laughter and aggravation (just like a sibling relationship). Bonus: you get to learn a bit about goat farming and who doesn’t love the little goat kids. Highly recommended!
I received a complimentary ARC of this book from Berkley through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Opinions expressed are completely my own.
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