Pearly Gates

<p><strong>Finalist - 2025 Readers' Favorite Awards</strong></p><p><strong>Finalist - 2025 American Fiction Awards</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>Meet Pearly Gates the sassiest spirit guide in the afterlife-and maybe the least qualified.</strong></p><p></p><p>After dying and getting dumped by her <em>supposedly eternal</em> soulmate for being emotionally unevolved Pearly-a former drag queen with a flair for drama-lands the worst gig in the beyond: cosmic sanitation. But when she strikes a desperate deal to prove she's capable of growth (and love) she ends up as a spirit guide at Thunderbolt Books & Coffee-a cozy café full of ghostly mischief spiced lattes and a community in need of connection.</p><p></p><p>As Pearly uses her charm (and a little celestial magic) to help a young widow risk new love a trans baker rediscover her spark and a dying accountant romance a ghost from the 1920s she begins to find something she thought she'd lost forever: belonging.</p><p></p><p>But when she realizes the café's owner is her reincarnated ex-and one of her charges is falling for them-things get complicated fast. Between saving the café dodging afterlife detectives and sorting out her own messy feelings Pearly must decide what really matters most.</p><p></p><p><strong>Uplifting and full of heart <em>Pearly Gates</em> is a modern-day cozy fantasy filled with glitter grief and healing wrapped in hilarious celestial mishaps and the true magic of found family.</strong></p><p></p><p>Perfect for fans of TJ Klune and<em> The Good Place.</em></p>