Overview

Two-time Lambda Literary Award-winning author Ann McMan takes readers inside the inner workings of the funeral home business as only she can in this remarkable and wholly unforgettable dark romantic comedy that proves life is for the living.

Everything about Lilah Stohler is dark: her clothes, mood, and outlook on life and death. That last part is important because Lilah's father has just retired and left her in charge of the family funeral home. But Abel Stohler knows his daughter's comfort level rests "downstairs," so he hires one Sparkle Lee Sink, to help Lilah manage the living part of the business of death.

Sparkle is everything that Lilah isn't—an empathetic marketing whiz who is a true people person.

Lilah isn't happy about this new arrangement. Still, when business starts booming because of Sparkle's bright personality, delicious baked goods, and knack for funereal commerce, Lilah thinks things might work out. But...