{"product_id":"casket-case-9780593873755","title":"Casket Case","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this warm-hearted debut rom-com, a young woman returns home to run her family's casket business and falls in love with a seemingly perfect stranger. But there's just one problem . . . he works for Death. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A charming, original love story about grief. I loved it.\"--Sophie Cousens, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThis Time Next Year\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNora thought she was finished with Rabbittown, Alabama, for good. But an unexpected tragedy turned her life upside down, and she's found herself back in her tiny hometown running the family casket business. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere aren't exactly a lot of prospects for a single woman in her thirties in a place like Rabbittown. Until Nora Clanton's ordinary, casket-selling day is interrupted by a handsome stranger wandering into her shop and asking for directions--as well as a date. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGarrett Bishop seems like the ideal guy. He's thoughtful, he's kind, and he has a lucrative job as a logistics coordinator, for which he seems to have a passion. She's not totally sure what \"logistics\" entails, but she knows it means long hours, lots of travel, and urgent calls in the middle of the night. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen a few of Rabbittown's residents suddenly pass away--a heart attack here, a car crash there--and Garrett is spotted at the scenes of, well, \u003ci\u003eall \u003c\/i\u003eof the deaths, his frustratingly vague job description starts to become increasingly . . . suspicious. What is it that Garrett actually \u003ci\u003edoes \u003c\/i\u003efor a living? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe's a logistics coordinator for Death. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Nora discovers the truth, she is unable to reconcile the wonderful man she knows with the unthinkably cruel job he loves. Will she ever be able to understand how he can do what he does, or will she have to lay her best chance at love to rest?\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCasket Case\u003c\/i\u003e is the heartfelt story of a small-town girl who feels surrounded by death--literally and figuratively. This clever, endearing, and romantic debut explores how love and loss are forever intertwined . . . but death might not be as scary as it seems.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLauren Evans\u003c\/b\u003e holds a BA in English from The University of Alabama and an MA in Liberal Studies from The University of North Carolina Wilmington. She now works in higher education in Atlanta and writes in her spare time, whenever her beagle Lucy allows. \u003ci\u003eCasket Case\u003c\/i\u003e was longlisted for the Cheshire Novel Prize in 2022 and is her debut novel.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50874586300690,"sku":"9780593873755","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4ad63f96-0efa-459b-8e93-244c4f2ab94f.jpg?v=1738000265","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/casket-case-9780593873755","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}