Undertaking of Hart and Mercy (2022)

The marshal who deals with the undead and the undertaker who receives the bodies already have reasons to irritate each other. Anonymous letters allow a different relationship to grow without removing the practical work, loneliness and strange rules of their world. Bannen combines comic hostility with a surprisingly moving concern for death and care. A complete central romance with on-page sex; the other Tanria books offer companion couples, so you can stop after this one.