While renovating her new bookstore, an optimistic young woman butts heads with the small town's gruff boatbuilder in this charming and spicy romance.

Laid off by her job and dumped by her boyfriend for being "too safe," Londoner Sophie Bennett does what any sensible person would do: drink wine and launch a joke crowdfunding campaign called "Help a Boring Girl Buy a Bookshop."

To her horror, the bookish corner of the internet takes it seriously, and suddenly she’s gone viral with enough donations to actually buy and renovate a ramshackle boathouse in Solace Springs, USA. Now she’s stuck following through. After all, what kind of person would she be if she let down four thousand strangers who believe in her dream?

But residents of the sleepy town have other plans, starting with Luke Rhodes, the scowling, sinfully attractive boatbuilder who seems to exist solely to point out everything wrong with Sophie’s ideas.

Luke has spent years cultivating his quiet life on the lake, away from the complications of the world beyond Solace Springs. The last thing he needs is a social media sensation disturbing his peace with her endless optimism and distracting curves. But as spring’s cherry blossoms begin to fall, he finds himself drawn into Sophie’s renovation project, and soon he’s noticing a lot more than her questionable construction plans.

As Sophie and Luke clash over paint samples and structural integrity, the temperature rises between them—and it’s not just from their heated arguments. But when Sophie’s viral fame threatens the tranquility of Solace Springs and Luke’s carefully constructed walls begin to crack, they’ll have to decide if their unexpected connection is worth fighting for.