Dead Set on You

Author:  Lexi Alexander Title: Dead Set on You Publisher: Alcove Press Date Published: 12/02/2025

Read Dates: 11/11/2025- 11/12/2025
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

 📖 I received a gifted e-book ARC. The following is my honest review✍🏻

Dead Set on You is a single POV rivals-to-lovers, forced proximity romance. Evie is hoping to beat out her workplace nemesis, Rafael, for a promotion, and everything seems to be going according to plan until she wakes up in his apartment one morning. That’s baffling enough, but even worse? Rafael is the only one who can see her, because Evie’s body is across town in the hospital, in a coma. The two are forced to team up to try and figure out how to get Evie’s spirit back to her body before time runs out, and the constant proximity to each other makes Evie start to see Rafael in a new light! This was a fantastic debut! I loved the friends-to-rivals-to-lovers storyline and the slow burn romance! Evie’s determination and focus were admirable, and I liked the way Evie and Rafael both benefited from working closely together over the years. Very excited to read more from this author in the future!

As workaholic Evie Pope nears thirty, she’s determined to slow down and start enjoying the “life” part of work-life balance. With a major promotion—and the financial security that comes with it—on the horizon, she might finally have her chance. But when she wakes up as a spirit in her work rival’s apartment and learns her body is stuck in a coma, her plans are officially DOA.

Being a spirit is bad enough. Discovering that Rafael Vela—the man who used to be her friend and is now her biggest rival—is the only person who can help her? It’s a special kind of purgatory. In no position to negotiate, she strikes a desperate deal: He gets the promotion if he helps reunite Evie’s spirit with her body.

As they begin to spend more time together, Evie discovers there’s more to Rafael than his bedroom eyes and his hey-there dimpled smile. With only a week until Evie’s body is transferred to long-term care and out of Rafael’s reach, Evie must choose between trusting the man who betrayed her years ago and figuring things out the way she’s always done it: alone.

This contemporary romance with a paranormal twist blends heated banter, old grudges, and unfinished business, perfect for anyone who believes in second chances.