Publication Date: May 2026
Blurb:
Dolly Brick has never met a problem she couldn’t solve. Not when her mom left when she was twelve, and not at thirty-nine when she moves with her son back to Whitfield, Rhode Island, for the summer to keep her dad and brother from losing the family home.
So when she comes across Stewart Whitfield—annoyingly handsome scion of the Whitfield family—with a flat tire and at the wrong end of a very public, very humiliating breakup, it’s in her nature to help. But Stewart’s proposed arrangement ends up being more than either of them bargained for, because as public dinners and high-society benefits turn into sunset boat rides and kisses that hit her bloodstream like a ghost pepper, Dolly starts to feel something more than helpful. She’s never relied on anyone besides herself—can she really start now?
What To Expect:
You can expect a slow burn romance with fake dating and forced proximity. There is a focus on character growth, overcoming hard things, and accepting things we can’t change.
Content Warnings:
Language: Moderate – A few F words but overall infrequent
Sexual Content: Cracked Open Door – One mildly open door scene that fades out after one non explicit sentence. The remaining instances are fade to black
Violence: Mild – Past car accident
Substance Use: Alcohol use among adults
Prejudices: None
Religious Themes: None
Other Topics: Divorce, brief mention of an encouraged abortion but it was not done, past pregnancy out of wedlock, parental abandonment, panic attacks, depression (mild), child illness/cancer
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