Oakeley, Lucas – The Bell Bookshop https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk Henley-on-Thames Wed, 21 Jan 2026 15:58:30 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cropped-Bell-Background-Blue-32x32.png Oakeley, Lucas – The Bell Bookshop https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk 32 32 Nearly Departed https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/nearly-departed/ Thu, 14 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/nearly-departed/ Joel Foster, a grieving twenty-something, navigates modern dating while haunted by the ghost of his late girlfriend, Beth. It's not just a ghost story-it's a love story with ghosts.

]]> ‘Witty, moving and eminently readable, Nearly Departed is the millennial Truly Madly Deeply we’ve all been waiting for‘ Mike Gayle

‘A sweet, sometimes spiky rom-com that takes in the stickiness and complexity of grief’ The Times

LOVE READING Romance Book of the Month

Joel Foster is a hapless twenty-something. His girlfriend, Beth Lewis, would likely have been a hapless twenty-something, too, had she not been obliterated by a very large cement truck. Some time after Beth’s tragic death, Joel is still trying to juggle grief with the world of modern dating. And while he still feels like a widower, he has to find a new love before three years is up.

The catch? Just as Joel thinks he’s finally falling for someone, he starts getting haunted by Beth.

It’s not a ghost story, it’s a love story. With ghosts.

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