Swiping right shouldn’t lead to death—or a job offer from Hell.
Lila Martin never expected to die on a first date.
After a string of failed relationships, she reluctantly gives the Flare dating app one last shot—only to match with Ethan, a man who seems too good to be true. And he is. Because Ethan isn’t just charming—he’s a Grim Reaper. Worse, Lila is his next scheduled collection.
But instead of reaping her soul, Ethan offers her a choice: die as scheduled, or become a reaper herself. Faced with literal death—or an afterlife filled with bureaucratic nightmares and scythe-wielding incompetence—Lila begrudgingly joins the underworld’s least-efficient workforce.
Assigned to a new, unconventional reaping program, Lila must use the Flare app to guide soon-to-be-dead souls to their final destinations. But there’s a catch—if she and her assigned match fall in love within 72 hours, she could reclaim her life. Enter Daniel: handsome, kind, and utterly clueless that their dates are anything but ordinary.
As Lila wrestles with the ethics of supernatural speed-dating, her growing feelings for Daniel, and the ever-present risk of the underworld’s merciless HR department, she starts to wonder—can love really cheat death? And if it can… should it?
Blending The Good Place‘s irreverent take on the afterlife with The Dead Romantics‘s emotional depth, Dating to Die For is a darkly comedic, high-stakes romance about love, fate, and finding yourself—even after death.
Twinsie Kelly’s Review
First dates can be hard. Especially when you are scheduled to die. But when given the oddest opportunity to either die or become a reaper, the obvious choice is to be a reaper. I thought the concept was quirky and funny. I love a good paranormal and why not reaping? It was easy to fall into the plot and I thoroughly enjoyed the banter between Lila and “Grandpa” Ethan. Then when Heath, the Death Ledger, starts his crazy nonsense, I just couldn’t wait to see what else he was going to say to her! Lila is really getting good at her job and feels like she is doing some good. She feels good helping souls transition. However, when she has to collect her old crush, Daniel’s, soul, she wants to invoke the Love Clause. Watching this unfold is absolutely hilarious! Sweet, but hilarious.
I think I felt like I was missing a bit more interaction with Ethan during her interactions with Daniel. Ethan just disappeared and it felt a bit off. It didn’t make or break the story for me but I would have liked a bit more. I really enjoyed her friend Mia and her dog Charlie. They were awesome too. All of the characters played significant roles in the story and it ended up be a super sweet but incredibly funny story.
Come for the starships. Stay for the soul.
Adam Gaffen is the award-winning author of the Cassidyverse, a genre-blending universe where science fiction, fantasy, romance, and rebellion intertwine. His books span centuries and genres but share a common thread: characters with grit, stories with heart, and futures worth fighting for. Recognized across multiple indie award platforms, his work includes sweeping sagas, pulse-pounding missions, and mythic romances with cosmic consequences.
He’s dived headfirst into urban romantasy – he swears it’s a genre! – with the GODSFALL series, a romantasy that will make you question what’s really going on in the celestial realms. That was followed in 2024 by “Tracking Tantor,” the follow-up to “The Ghosts of Tantor” in the missions of the TFS Pike. He’s venturing further afield with a heist thriller, “The Vault & The Vixen,” which will feature some Godsfall characters in supporting roles. The first proper crossover novel “Embers of Eternity”, uniting the Fantasy and Science Fiction sides of the Cassidyverse, was released in December of 2024.
His books span centuries and genres but share a common thread: characters with grit, stories with heart, and futures worth fighting for. With multiple interconnected series, each story adds depth to a universe where chosen family matters, love defies expectation, and change is always possible.
Start anywhere. You’ll find your people.
