A Date with Death
A Novel
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- Pre-Order
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- Expected 14 July 2026
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- $19.99
Publisher Description
When the Grim Reaper develops feelings for the children’s librarian whose soul he is supposed to collect, he finds that with feelings comes something far worse than death—life.
Helena Hart isn’t having the best night. Her date just ditched her, her Halloween costume bombed, and her only sympathetic ear is a dead silent partygoer in a Grim Reaper get-up. But when she falls off a balcony and he catches her with a very real skeletal hand, she realizes he may not be a party guest at all. Before she can process the near-death experience, he vanishes, leaving her to wonder if she hallucinated the whole thing.
Grim isn’t supposed to save souls. He’s supposed to reap them. And while he’s not sure why he spared Helena, he does know that if his superiors find out, he’s as good as dust—which is saying something for a guy who’s mostly bones. But keeping away from Helena is proving harder than expected—especially when she isn’t the least bit afraid of his monstrous form.
Worse, to his horror, Helena makes him feel. And for a reaper, feeling is a fate far more dangerous than death.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Creagh (Strange Unearthly Things) puts a supernatural twist on the grumpy/sunshine dynamic in this addictive paranormal romance. Grim's job is simple: collect souls, brood darkly, and don't attract the attention of the higher-ups. When he's sent to reap children's librarian Helena Hart at a Halloween party, she assumes he's wearing an impressive costume, rambles to him about her inattentive date, and attempts to flirt. Grim is so charmed by her that he fails to kill her. After saving her life once, he can't stop doing it, repeatedly stepping in to delay her fate. The censure of his coworkers—Flora, Johann Faust, mouthy raven Pluto, and antagonistic Cedric—barely makes a dent in his determination to protect her. Helena, for her part, is just as taken with Grim despite myriad complications. So what if he doesn't remember who he was before and his friends are trying to collect her soul? That has nothing on their chemistry. The setup feels classic, but Creagh shines in the unique details that make her larger-than-life characters (especially Grim's scene-stealing work family) leap off the page. Add in heaps of humor and whimsy, and this redemptive romance beguiles.
