3.5 rounded up | A cozy, nostalgia-infused contemporary romance/mystery for anyone who has ever enjoyed a vacation in the Dells — complete with cheese curds, duck boats, supper clubs, and water parks. Oh, and ghosts.

Sabrina is home in the Wisconsin Dells while she's between jobs as a journalist — a career that isn't a great fit for an introvert with pretty severe anxiety. The only thing stronger than her aversion to making phone calls as a reporter, however, is her aversion to having ghosts pop in anytime and anywhere for her help. Since that family business/curse is inescapable when she's home, the Dells isn't a particularly good fit for her either. As she struggles to make ends meet, keep the homefront ghosts and bullies at bay, and keep her unsettling attraction to the new supper club owner in check, she finds that some people and places have unexpected ways of fitting together after all.

There are just a few too many balls in the air here, but most of them do end up working pretty well. The Midwestern setting is perfect, the ghost-side mystery is an interesting and well-developed twist, the relationship is a feel-good treat, and the main characters are unique but relatable and represent their struggles well. Fans of Reichert's "The Coincidence of Coconut Cake," and authors Abbi Waxman, Kelly Harms, and Maddie Dawson should like this one!

Topics, tropes and themes: fake dating, foodies, going home, helping ghosts resolve issues, first time, Prohibition speakeasy, anxiety, small town life, mean girls/ bullying, mental health, office supply love

Content notes: main character has severe anxiety with panic attacks, death of a family member, hospital bedside scene, dementia, bigotry, classism, bullying, sexual harassment, sexual assault, lots of alcoholic beverages (and a recipe for a Wisconsin-style Brandy Old-fashioned), edibles, PG-13/fade-to-black sex scenes

My thanks to #NetGalley and the publisher for a digital ARC!