A runaway Londoner, a rundown bookshop, and one very grumpy local? Yes please. 🌸📚💘 Releasing on May 14th - this is our Nora Ephron inspired pick of the month! 

✨ Pre-order with Saucy Books and receive:
✍️ A signed bookplate
🍒 A recipe card

Welcome to Solace Springs — where cherry blossoms bloom, bookshops need saving, and second chances might be closer than you think.

When Londoner Sophie Bennett gets dumped and fired in the very same week, she decides she’s done playing it safe. After one too many glasses of wine, she launches a crowdfunding campaign called “Help a Boring Girl Buy a Bookshop.” When it unexpectedly goes viral, Sophie swaps city chaos for small-town Washington and buys herself a rundown boathouse bookshop — and the chance to start again.

Luke has spent years building a quiet life by the lake, and the last thing he needs is an endlessly enthusiastic, annoyingly attractive social media sensation disrupting his peace. But when he gets pulled into Sophie’s renovation project, sparks begin to fly — and the walls he’s built so carefully start to crack.

As Sophie’s sudden fame threatens the calm of Solace Springs, both Sophie and Luke will have to decide whether they’re willing to risk it all for a second chance at love.

Perfect for readers who love:
🌸 Small-town romance
📚 Bookshop settings
☀️ Grumpy/sunshine
💞 Second chances
✨ Sweet and spicy romance with a guaranteed happily ever after

The Cherry Blossom Boathouse is full of charm, chemistry, and the kind of fresh-start fantasy we can never resist.