Description

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Lucy Score comes a fresh small-town romcom that’s like a delightful blend of Gilmore Girls charm and Schitt’s Creek humor.

Hazel Hart was once an acclaimed romance novelist, until a tough breakup left her stuck in a serious case of writer’s block. Now, buried behind a mountain of takeout cartons and dangerously close to losing her book contract, Hazel must submit her overdue manuscript or say goodbye to her writing career forever.

In a desperate bid for inspiration, Hazel impulsively buys an old, historic house online, sight unseen, and abandons her Manhattan apartment for the quaint small town of Story Lake, Pennsylvania. But any hopes of serene country living are dashed when her dramatic arrival—complete with an unfortunate run-in with a bald eagle—reveals that her new home might have been slightly oversold.

With a rundown fixer-upper filled with raccoons and spiders, and the economically weary town still reeling from the loss of its largest employer, Hazel finds herself unexpectedly thrust into local politics, courtesy of an included town council role.

But then gruff contractor Campbell Bishop strides into the picture—all six feet three inches of him—and suddenly inspiration isn’t so hard to find. Within moments of Cam patching her up (and inadvertently kickstarting her imagination), Hazel knows exactly how to move forward. Step one: hire Cam and his charming brothers to renovate her newly purchased mess of a house. Step two: convince Cam to fake-date her, strictly for research purposes of course, to ignite her storytelling flame again.

Before long, Hazel is not only writing her romances, she’s living one, swept along in a flurry of construction chaos, small-town complications, and unexpectedly warm feelings for the community (and for Cam). But what happens when the dust settles, Story Lake faces potential bankruptcy, and Cam remembers why he’s convinced a happy ending isn’t in the cards?

Author’s Note: This series was created as a love letter to every reader who ever dreamed of moving to their favorite fictional town.