The Seven Series by Linda Kage


Putting their ghosts to rest (sometimes literally) one love story at a time

Seven contemporary new adult romance stories that tie into one friend group.


Damien Archer

How do you rent a room from a ghost without even knowing it?

This year was supposed to be different because Oaklynn had a plan.

Stop partying.
Stay away from guys.
Focus on classes.
Graduate!

All she needed to do was find a place to stay near campus, and she’d be set. But when she finds the perfect room to rent, it brings the mysterious Damien into her life.

Her friend tries to warn her that he’s dangerous. He has secrets and darkness in his eyes. But the only danger Oaklynn can tell that he poses is to her attention. He’s all she can think about. Except, he’s hiding something, and when the truth comes out that her new roommate was murdered...a decade ago...nothing will ever be the same again.

So yeah, this year will definitely be different.

Hudson Ivey

Can you tell if you're being possessed by a ghost?

It was no mystery why I hated Genesis Gusano. She liked to take other people’s things. The bitch stole a pair of my cutest shoes along with my favorite necklace and a school paper I’d written, which had nearly gotten me expelled from Haverick University entirely. But the last straw came when she dared to take the one thing I’d been pining over for two years.

Him.

I had craved Hudson Ivey in a way I didn’t even know craving was possible, and that was before I’d learned his dang name.

He had no idea he’d become a possession that two enemies were warring over. All he wanted to do was graduate with his culinary arts degree and become the best chef possible.

But now he’s stuck in Genesis’s sick game until a ghost from his past changes all the rules, possessing him in a whole new, far more dangerous way.

I promised myself I was done with the paranormal life. I was determined to be a normal, everyday, average girl. But I can’t just stand aside and watch him be destroyed. So I guess it’s time for a little Faith to step in and save the day.

Foster Union

What if you fall in love with a ghost?

After four shots of cinnamon schnapps and something called heaven in a cup, Raina Bollen finally feels brave enough to meet her crush, star quarterback Foster Union.

Except her rideshare is involved in a car accident on the way there. Now she's stuck in a coma, and her soul gets severed from her body, only to tether itself to none other than Foster himself.

Foster never wanted some random spirit to suddenly start riding shotgun in his life, but it doesn't take long for Raina's bubbly infectious personality to win him over. She's just the breath of fresh air he craves because he's been in need of some serious living himself.

Now if he could only figure out how to help her live in return.

Available October 3rd

Parker Ohrley

Who do you call when you're turning into a ghost?

The days are numbered for Hope Langston.

She’s suffering from liver failure and isn’t sure if she’ll make it to a transplant in time or not. So she creates a bucket list of experiences she wants to try before it’s too late. Number four on her list is Parker Ohrley, one of her brother’s best friends.

Prickly, rude, and sarcastic, this jerk is all things brooding and tormented. But Hope’s curious. She wants to sample him like nothing else.

In the spirit of carpe diem, she says screw it, and she shoots her shot. Who cares if she gets a humiliating rejection, right? She won’t have to live with the embarrassment for long.

Except Parker might not say no.

And that’s when the real trouble begins.

Let the mess of secrets, lies, and heartbreak commence.

Keene Dugger

Is it bad to use a ghost to get the girl?

There are perks to being an invisible nobody when you’re a socially-deficient introvert. You don’t have to deal with so many damn people since no one ever sees you. Because people…eww. Who wants that kind of attention?

But it does have its drawbacks, too. Like the fact that the guy you have a super crush on doesn’t see you either.

No, wait. Keene Dugger does see Waverly. He just doesn’t hit on her. Ever. And this obnoxious, loud-mouthed, egotistical player hits on every girl around campus. Every girl, that is, except for Waverly. She has zero chance of ever gaining his interest.

Cue the depression, am I right?

So it’s really not Waverly’s fault when she accidentally, kind of impersonates his hookup one night at a party. I mean, the guy should really make sure he knows who he’s with before macking on someone in the dark. That’s on him.

But yikes, now he’s all fixated on discovering who his mystery girl was, and there’s zero chance Waverly is going to let him learn of her humiliating trickery.

Except Keene is determined. He’s not even above enlisting the help of his ghost mom who’s been haunting the campus library to uncover Waverly’s identity, even though he’d prefer for his mother to just move on already. The problem is, she has unfinished business. She refuses to fade away until her son finds true love.

Too bad there’s zero chance of Keene settling down with one person.

Unless there is.

Coming in Mid-2025

Nathaniel "Thane" Eisner

Do ghosts from the past ever truly stay gone?

Nova Ortiz is back in town after nearly six years of being away, and she’s bought the perfect little house to plant some roots in. There’s only one minor flaw; it has a slight ghost infestation.

When she goes in search of a supernatural exterminator, however, she finds herself returning to a group of loved ones she thought would never accept her again. And as long as she avoids their leader, everything should be fine.

Except Thane learns of her return in other ways, and no matter how much time had passed or how far along he’d moved with someone else, he can’t stay away. No one had ever made him fall as hard or broken him as thoroughly as Nova did. And he can’t leave well enough alone until he finds out why.

Coming in 2025/2026

Alec Younger

Should you let a ghost decide your love life?

Xander Union was sure she’d met her one true love at fifteen. But then, at eighteen, Liam broke her heart and left. Nine months later, Xander has finally picked herself back up and started to move on with Alec, except Liam returns, wanting her back.

And if figuring out whether she should be with Liam or Alec weren’t hard enough to deal with already, throw in a ghost who claims to be the husband of her reincarnated soul from fifty years ago, and Xander really finds herself in a quandary.

Who does she truly belong with? Who does she truly love? Who does she actually want?

Coming in 2026

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WESTPORT

Westport Map

Westport is a made-up town where The SEVEN series takes place. But in real life, it would be located in the United States, along the shore of the Gulf of Mexico and in the state of Texas. I have pictured it in my head to be somewhere around the Corpus Christi area. When I research what the weather, wildlife, and plants would be like there at certain times of the year, I look up Corpus Christi, anyway. And yes, sorry, I made WESTport on the EAST side of the state just to be weird!


HAVE U

Have U Logo

Haverick University (AKA HaveU) is a private—and fictional—four-year college, located in the fictional city of Westport, Texas on the Gulf Coast. Haverick was named after Marshall Ginn Haverick (also fictional), a philanthropist who donated his 300-acre home to opening a university in 1924.

The campus is small with a 7,000-student enrollment and a 15% acceptance rate, plus an up-and-coming football program. They also have an impressive Cullinary school, nursing, and journalism program, plus a great educational and business college.

The school colors are Brown and Gold, and horseshoes are popular on the Haverick campus for good luck since their mascot is the Stallions.


STETSON

Have U Logo
Have U Logo

HaveU's official mascot is Stetson the Stormin’ Stallion. He is typically spotted wearing a cowboy hat, boots, and swinging around a rope to lasso the Stallions' rivals. Stetson is almost never seen with a rider on his back.

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BRIDLEWAY

the Bridleway Trail

There is a big pedestrian trail in the series that loops through my fictional town of Westport.

I started out calling it just...The Trail. But then later, it became Bridleway since the mascot of Haverick University where my characters attend college is a stallion, and bridleway is another name for an equestrian horse trail.

When I wrote Book One: VACANCY, I was thinking of The Link in Kansas City-- which is a pedestrian trail that links up two hotels, the Crown Center shopping mall, and even their Union Station Amtrak. Their glassed-in elevated skywalk was exactly what I had in mind when I wrote about Damien jogging through his Bridleway trail.


THE APARTMENT

Interior of the Haunted Brownstone
Exterior of the Haunted Brownstone

The brownstone that Oaklynn rents in Book 1: VACANCY is kind of a big deal, so I browsed the internet before writing its description until I found pictures of a place I wanted it to look like. It isn’t exactly like this—there are a few things I changed here and there—but mostly…it looks pretty much like this.


THE ADOBE STRIP

Interior of the Haunted Brownstone
Exterior of the Haunted Brownstone

The old Papago Plazas in Scottsdale, Arizona (image taken from Google Maps) was inspiration for how I picture the buildings to look in “The Adobe Strip” that’s mentioned in the Seven Series. In Book 2: MY ENEMY’S BOYFRIEND, Faith lives above Jezebel’s Nest, a metaphysical, new-age shop, on The Adobe Strip near the boardwalk.


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