A people pleaser falls for the Christmas ghost assigned to haunt her in Good Spirits, an incandescent holiday romance by B.K. Borison (First-Time Caller; Business Casual). Irish fisherman Nolan Callahan has spent the last century as a Ghost of Christmas Past, helping people change their ways before it's too late. When he appears before Harriet York, however, what should be a simple task--revisiting some of Harriet's memories and forcing her to reckon with her bad behavior--proves difficult. Reindeer-pajama-wearing Harriet has no idea what she's done; she's not only full of Christmas spirit but she's also a good person who does her best to make others happy.
As they spend time in Harriet's memories and grow closer, Nolan's magic starts behaving in unusual ways. He wonders whether he'll be able to complete his assignment by Christmas Eve and what will happen to his and Harriet's deepening relationship when he must leave.
Borison balances Nolan's vocational and existential woes with a full narrative arc for Harriet. Ever since she quit her legal career and took over her aunt's antiques shop, Harriet has worked to brighten the days of everyone around her, including her status-obsessed parents. Processing her past with a sexy ghost may be just the boost she needs to finally prioritize the things and people that make her happy in the present.
Good Spirits is everything reader could want from a holiday romance: plenty of cozy and toe-curling scenes, Christmas magic, and two good people falling in love. Fans of Christina Lauren's In a Holidaze and the Hallmark movie The Spirit of Christmas should put this on their wishlist. --Suzanne Krohn, librarian