diff --git a/src/test/java/com/avaje/tests/model/softdelete/ESoftDelBook.java b/src/test/java/com/avaje/tests/model/softdelete/ESoftDelBook.java
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+package com.avaje.tests.model.softdelete;
+
+import javax.persistence.CascadeType;
+import javax.persistence.Entity;
+import javax.persistence.FetchType;
+import javax.persistence.ManyToMany;
+import javax.persistence.ManyToOne;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+@Entity
+public class ESoftDelBook extends BaseSoftDelete {
+
+  String bookTitle;
+
+  @ManyToMany(cascade = CascadeType.PERSIST, fetch = FetchType.EAGER)
+  List<ESoftDelUser> lendBys;
+
+  @ManyToOne(cascade = CascadeType.PERSIST, fetch = FetchType.EAGER)
+  ESoftDelUser lendBy;
+
+
+  public ESoftDelBook(String bookTitle) {
+    this.bookTitle = bookTitle;
+  }
+
+  public ESoftDelBook() {
+  }
+
+  public String getBookTitle() {
+    return bookTitle;
+  }
+
+  public void setBookTitle(String bookTitle) {
+    this.bookTitle = bookTitle;
+  }
+
+  public List<ESoftDelUser> getLendBys() {
+    return lendBys;
+  }
+
+  public void setLendBys(List<ESoftDelUser> lendBys) {
+    this.lendBys = lendBys;
+  }
+
+  public void setLendBy(ESoftDelUser lendBy) {
+    this.lendBy = lendBy;
+  }
+  public ESoftDelUser getLendBy() {
+    return lendBy;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/avaje/tests/softdelete/TestSoftDeleteBook.java b/src/test/java/com/avaje/tests/softdelete/TestSoftDeleteBook.java
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+package com.avaje.tests.softdelete;
+
+import com.avaje.ebean.BaseTestCase;
+import com.avaje.ebean.Ebean;
+import com.avaje.ebeaninternal.server.deploy.BeanDescriptor;
+import com.avaje.ebeaninternal.server.deploy.BeanProperty;
+import com.avaje.tests.model.softdelete.ESoftDelBook;
+import com.avaje.tests.model.softdelete.ESoftDelRole;
+import com.avaje.tests.model.softdelete.ESoftDelUser;
+
+
+import org.avaje.ebeantest.LoggedSqlCollector;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.awt.print.Book;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+public class TestSoftDeleteBook extends BaseTestCase {
+
+  @Test
+  public void test() {
+
+    // Create users    
+    ESoftDelUser user1 = new ESoftDelUser("user1");
+    Ebean.save(user1);
+
+    ESoftDelUser user2 = new ESoftDelUser("user2");
+    Ebean.save(user2);
+
+    ESoftDelUser user3 = new ESoftDelUser("user3");
+    Ebean.save(user3);
+
+    // Create books
+    ESoftDelBook  book1 = new ESoftDelBook("book1");
+    book1.setLendBy(user1);
+    book1.setLendBys(Arrays.asList(user2, user3));
+    Ebean.save(book1);
+
+    ESoftDelBook  book2 = new ESoftDelBook("book2");
+    book2.setLendBy(user2);
+    book2.setLendBys(Arrays.asList(user1, user3));
+    Ebean.save(book2);
+
+    // check if everything is stored correctly in DB
+    book1 = Ebean.find(ESoftDelBook.class).where().eq("bookTitle", "book1").findUnique();
+    book2 = Ebean.find(ESoftDelBook.class).where().eq("bookTitle", "book2").findUnique(); 
+
+    assertThat(book1.getLendBys().size()).isEqualTo(2);
+    assertThat(book2.getLendBys().size()).isEqualTo(2);
+    assertThat(book1.getLendBy().getUserName()).isEqualTo("user1");
+    assertThat(book2.getLendBy().getUserName()).isEqualTo("user2");
+
+    // delete user 1
+    Ebean.delete(user1);
+
+    // check if everything is still stored correctly in DB (softdeletes included)
+    book1 = Ebean.find(ESoftDelBook.class).where().eq("bookTitle", "book1").setIncludeSoftDeletes().findUnique();
+    book2 = Ebean.find(ESoftDelBook.class).where().eq("bookTitle", "book2").setIncludeSoftDeletes().findUnique(); 
+
+    assertThat(book1.getLendBys().size()).isEqualTo(2);
+    assertThat(book2.getLendBys().size()).isEqualTo(2);
+    assertThat(book1.getLendBy().getUserName()).isEqualTo("user1");
+    assertThat(book2.getLendBy().getUserName()).isEqualTo("user2");
+
+
+    // check without softdeletes included
+    book1 = Ebean.find(ESoftDelBook.class).where().eq("bookTitle", "book1").findUnique();
+    book2 = Ebean.find(ESoftDelBook.class).where().eq("bookTitle", "book2").findUnique(); 
+
+    assertThat(book1.getLendBys().size()).isEqualTo(2); // user2 & user3
+    assertThat(book2.getLendBys().size()).isEqualTo(1); // user1 (deleted) & user3
+    assertThat(book2.getLendBy().getUserName()).isEqualTo("user2"); 
+    
+    // expected behaviour: 
+    //    book1.getLendBy() == null
+    // current behaviour: 
+    //    book1.getLendBy() is a "dead" object. nearly every operation on the
+    //    user object leads into an EntityNotFoundException
+    
+    assertThat(book1.getLendBy()).isNull(); // user1 is deleted
+ 
+  }
+
+}