Soul Searching: A Sweetwater Peak Novel

Home is where the heart is--and this one is haunted.

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Rebel Blue Ranch series returns with a brand-new story, featuring a small-town upholsterer in need of a fresh start, a photographer whose life has come to a screeching halt . . . and the supernatural forces that bring them together.

Collins Cartwright does not want to go home. Sweetwater Peak, Wyoming, was supposed to be in her rearview mirror, but when she finds out a developer is trying to buy her parents' antiques shop out from under them, she doesn't have a choice--at least, that's what she tells her family. They don't need to know she's lost her job and is out of money. Or that the ghosts who have always been her companions have recently gone silent.

But just because she's returned home doesn't mean she has to stay with her parents or crash on her twin sister's couch. Lucky for her, the new-to-town upholsterer has a room for rent above his store. Unluckily, it is absolutely crawling with more ghosts who are freezing her out. And Collins hates being ignored.

Brady Cooper is absolutely and totally fine. Seriously, there's no secret reason why he decided to uproot his life and suddenly move to Sweetwater Peak. He just needed a change of pace. At least that's what he tells himself. And everyone else.

When he agrees to let the elusive Collins Cartwright stay in his spare room, he doesn't know that she's absolutely bonkers--constantly talking to herself and having conversations with no one--or that she looked like that. But as they begin to get closer, the lines between them start to blur, leaving both of them--and the ghosts who have been pushing them together--wondering whether their temporary arrangement could be something more permanent.

Author: Lyla Sage
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 09/30/2025
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 7.94h x 5.30w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780593977774


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 08/01/2025 pg. 54
Publishers Weekly 09/22/2025

About the Author
Lyla Sage lives in the Wild West with her loyal companion, a sweet, old, blind rescue pitbull. She writes romance that feels like her favorite things: sunshine and big blue skies. She is also the author of Done and Dusted, Swift and Saddled, Lost and Lassoed and Wild and Wrangled. When she's not writing, she's reading.