THE INVISIBLES by Rachael Dacus
Sisters, Elinor and Saffron, couldn’t be more different, but they must put aside their feud to go to Italy and take possession of their inherited cottage. When they arrive, one sister finds it already occupied. With her psychic gift, Saffron can sense the invisible spirit, none other than the English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, who drowned in the nearby ocean.
Elder sister Elinor never wastes time on fantasies about the afterlife and its denizens, and she hopes to persuade her younger sister to take advantage of their windfall by selling the property. But Saffron is charmed by the coastal Italian town’s abundant beauty and wants to stay. Shelley has his reasons for remaining. Their father, an eminent scholar of his poetry, helped restore his literary reputation, and he wants to repay the debt by helping his daughters. Saffron listens to his advice, and Elinor relaxes into the sweetness of the Italian lifestyle. Their clash of wills softens, a new understanding dawns, and romance comes into the picture.
By Christmas, neither sister wants to hurry home. But with happiness on the horizon, a devastating accident calls on one sister to make a sacrifice to save the other, and she can only summon the courage with the help of her invisible friend.