Writer

Ten years ago, Hattie Stevens had the perfect day. She spent a little over twenty-four hours with the attractive, creative, always moving, slightly chaotic writer, Ed DeArmas. The timing was wrong, but their connection was undeniable.

Three years ago, Hattie tried to reconnect with Ed at a signing for his book. Nothing went right. She was late for the event and when she finally handed Ed the book to sign, he didn’t recognize her.

Now, on the cusp of turning thirty, she’s about as far from her dream life list as she’s ever been. Divorced, unexpectedly out of a job, still unpublished and doesn’t own the small town bookstore that has been an aspiration since she was a child. Ready for a break from life, she agrees to spend the summer in Fortune Falls on the Oregon Coast with her two best friends and their partners. She’s stunned to find that one of them has brought a guest—Ed. 

Thrown together for the summer, both working on drafts of new novels, both single, both attracted to each other, but Ed still doesn’t remember her from their day together. Or does he?

As they get closer, Hattie also grows attached to Fortune Falls, while Ed makes it very clear he would never want to live in a place so small. To complicate matters, a bookstore in an old Victorian house off Main Street is for sale. Hattie must choose between the dream of owning her own bookstore or risk her heart a third time with Ed.