Need a cure for the common romance novel? We prescribe a dose of Beth Kendrick (The Week Before the Wedding).
Flight attendant Summer Benson saves a child in a plane crash and becomes a national hero, but winds up single when her boyfriend, the pilot, decides he doesn't love her after all. On leave from the airline and needing a quiet place to heal both body and mind, Summer takes off for Black Dog Bay, Del. It's allegedly the number-one location for breakup recovery, boasting businesses that cater to the brokenhearted, like the Better Off Bed-and-Breakfast.
A party girl with sass to spare, Summer barely hits the city limits before she makes a big impression on the locals by standing up to the two meanest socialites in town. She's more interested in making an impression on Dutch Jansen, the gorgeous, levelheaded mayor of Black Dog Bay. Thanks to Dutch's stoicism, Summer's commitment issues and the spite of a wealthy elderly woman who loathes the Jansen family, the course of true love won't run smooth. Can a town famous for new beginnings start Summer down the path to a happily ever after?
Kendrick seamlessly blends a lonely-hearts tourist location with seaside small-town antics--charming locals, quirky eccentrics and all. Summer has a knack for livening up any situation, and it's easy to see that Dutch won't be able to resist her brash attempts to break through his upstanding façade for long. This funny, sexy romp highlights two truisms: we find love where we least expect it and fortune favors the bold. --Jaclyn Fulwood, blogger at Infinite Reads