{"id":6095,"date":"2022-07-29T11:14:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-29T16:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lillyfei.com\/?p=6095"},"modified":"2022-07-28T19:14:36","modified_gmt":"2022-07-29T00:14:36","slug":"the-dead-romantics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lillyfei.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/29\/the-dead-romantics\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dead Romantics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>2\/5 stars<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Florence Day\u2019s family is a bit atypical. Death is the family business and they\u2019ve owned and run the same funeral home since she was a child. Florence escaped that life and is now a ghostwriter for a famous romance novelist. She is finally forced to return home upon the death of her father. She isn\u2019t sure what to expect but it certainly wasn\u2019t a handsome ghost appearing at her doorstep. 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