Join Millie on a captivating journey of forgiveness, restoration, and the healing power of uncovering the past in THE STARLING INN. For fans of Emily Henry, this ghost story of grief and loss is layered with new beginnings, found family, the true meaning of home, and a romantic happily ever after.

     After inheriting a century-old inn from her beloved uncle, Millie leaves her college campus to return to her roots and grapple with the grief of his passing. Determined to ready the inn for sale and quickly return to her life, Millie reconnects with Ethan, her childhood crush, sparking a poignant second chance at love. Millie’s quest for closure intertwines with their shared, painstaking restoration efforts on the inn. Through meticulous historical research, she untangles long-buried community secrets, each revelation bringing her closer to understanding her own heartache and the ghosts haunting the inn.

     But as the inn’s transformation nears completion and freedom beckons, she must navigate the delicate balance between closure and newfound beginnings. Will selling the inn mean letting go of more than just a property? 

• SLOW BURN

• FORCED PROXIMITY

• SECOND CHANCE ROMANCE

• CARETAKING SCENES

• CINNAMON ROLL HERO

• HAUNTED HOUSE MYSTERY

• LOVELY SPOOKY FALL TIME SETTING 

• “…two vastly different genres of the book weave together so effortlessly. I don’t feel like I’ve ever read anything like it before. I’ve read great romance and I’ve read great horror/suspense but nothing that puts them together in the same ways that this did. Because of that it feels like a one of a kind story that immediately hooked me in and kept me fully engaged throughout. I did not know that this was exactly the type of thing missing from my reading life until now”

• “I’m not sure how to truly express how much I enjoyed this story. How much I feel like I just pulled this book off a shelf and read it for pleasure on my own. How well written and comfortable and interesting and great this book was. AND– to think– it’s still being developed. I am so excited to see where this book goes. I truly truly mean this– hands down the best book I have beta read. Definitely a book I can see being traditionally published and being well-loved.”

• “GREAT writing. Things are so easy to picture, so easy to feel, so easy to experience with them. I am not exaggerating in the places where ‘lol’ is written in the margins– I was literally laughing. And also, getting very emotional towards the end”

• “Millie is such a well-rounded character full of depth and introspection. It’s something I really like about her, and it fits so well with the Gothic themes and the dark feel of the book”

• “You write really complex characters full of emotion and history.”

• “I loved Ethan from the first time he’s on page, and I think he and Millie have immediate chemistry. I can see him so clearly, this huge straggly but hot guy who works with his hands and I’m immediately here for it.”

• “The romance slowly brews in the most perfect way”

• “I love the romance aspects of this story, I think Millie and Ethan have incredible chemistry and their banter is so funny and charming to read”