natalie intihar

August 20, 2024

It was so wonderful to be at the launch party for Ivy Fairbanks and her book Morbidly Yours! I had the pleasure of meeting Ivy when Annabel Monaghan came to town a couple of months earlier, and I was immediately drawn in by her incredible publishing story as well as the beautiful book itself.

Ivy has written Morbidly Yours, which is in the photo above! Her latest book, Heart Strings, comes out August 12, 2025.

Thanks so much to Tombolo Books for hosting the meet and greet! It was such a beautiful and lovely conversation and it was so fun to chat with Ivy Fairbanks as well as to listen to her lively conversation with Alicia Thompson, another romance author!

Summary for Morbidly Yours:

Callum Flannelly would rather dive into an open grave than take a stranger to dinner and a movie. But he can only inherit the family undertaking business and carry on their legacy under one condition: He must marry before his 35th birthday. So it’s out of the mortuary and into the dating scene.

Lark Thompson would rather get crushed by a falling anvil than stay next to a funeral home during her stay in Galway, Ireland. The vivacious American cartoon creator and animator came here to embrace life, not be reminded of losing her husband.

When Lark learns of Callum’s dilemma and aversion to marrying out of necessity rather than love, she agrees to help the introverted mortician. Although sworn off love herself, she is optimistic that Callum can find The One and secure his inheritance.

But as the dating project progresses and their friendship grows, so does a mutual attraction. The more time she spends with serious, sarcastic Callum, the more she dreads finding him a match. And the more disastrous dates he endures, the more he dreads Lark’s imminent return to the states.

If they think it’s possible to ignore their connection, they’re dead wrong.