Graveminder by Melissa Marr

A woman returns to her small hometown and reluctantly inherits a hereditary duty: she must make regular rounds to the dead and remind them to remain at rest, working alongside the town’s mysterious counterpart who tends the graves; as she learns the rules and histories behind the ritual, she uncovers secrets, confronts restless corpses and community tensions, and navigates a complicated attraction that forces her to reckon with family legacy, love, and the cost of keeping the dead sleeping.

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