Belles of St. Clair

After her carefully ordered world imploded, Paige Taylor cracks up. On her tenth self-help book, it seemed like a good idea at the time to reinvent herself-move from Manhattan to the tiny beachside town of St. Clair-and take over the local bookstore. But instead of discovering her spiritual Nirvana, she's neck-deep in a floundering business, the locals treat her like a plague victim, and her mom's suddenly decided to visit-with no end in sight-and keeps coming home with one surprise after the next. Added to that pot of crazy, the one guy who sets her pulse racing has sworn off women forever. He's got a Samsonite filled with baggage, but damn he looks good hauling it down the street. And giving her those sexy half-smiles. And tempting her to take him for a test ride. Soon Paige discovers that reinventing herself takes more than just a change of address and a pithy quote on Instagram. She needs to face the truth about her life, and that's something she can't do alone.

Florist Laney George has a successful business, amazing friends, and big, big dreams-oh, and a broken heart. But she's working through that last one. Then the man she hoped to never see again shows up-and Laney's carefully ordered plans are experiencing technical difficulties. Celebrated Author Adam Fitzpatrick planned to be in St. Clair for no more than a day. Sign the books, and get out. Same story, different day. What he didn't count on was Laney George, who happens to be the star of his somewhat fictional tale. She broke his heart years ago, and he'd gone a bit mad. Okay, maybe a lot mad-and he put everything in his book, never imagining it would be a world-wide best seller. Now that he's seen her again, he wants answers. But it isn't just her that draws him in. It's the town, something is happening and for the first time in years . . . he can write again. If only he could convince the woman who hates him most to start a new chapter in their story.