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Personal Author:

Lacey, Rachel

Physical Description:

317 pages ; 21 cm.

Summary:

Books are Rosie Taft's life. Ever since she took over her mother's beloved Manhattan bookstore, they've become her home too. The only thing missing is her own real-life romance like the ones she loves to read. She's struck up a flirty online friendship with lesbian romance author Brie, and what could be more romantic than falling in love with her favorite author? Jane Breslin works hard to keep her professional and personal lives neatly separated. By day, she works for the family property business. By night, she puts her steamier side on paper under her pen name: Brie. Jane's online connection with Rosie makes Jane wonder if she could be the one. When Rosie learns that her bookstore's lease has been terminated by Jane's business, romance moves to the back burner. Even though they're at odds, there's no denying that sparks fly when they're together. When their online identities are revealed, will Jane be able to write her way to a happy ending?

Subject Term:

Authors -- Fiction.

Bookstore owners -- Fiction.

Lesbians -- Fiction.

Love -- Fiction.

Publication Info:

Seattle : Montlake, c2021.

Subject:

Authors -- Fiction.

Bookstore owners -- Fiction.

Lesbians -- Fiction.

Love -- Fiction.

Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction

Writers

Owners of bookstores

Female gay people

Female homosexuals

Gay females

Gay women

Gayelles

Gay people, Female

Homosexuals, Female

Lesbian people

Lesbian women

Sapphists

Women, Gay

Women homosexuals

Affection

SAILS ISBN:

9781542033541

Available:

Library	Shelf Number	Shelf Location	Status
Searching... New Bedford Free Public Library	FIC LACEY	FICTION	Searching... Unknown
Searching... Westport Free Public Library	FIC LACEY	FICTION	Searching... Unknown

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Summary

From award-winning author Rachel Lacey comes a playful romance about a Manhattan bookstore owner and a reclusive author who love to hate--and hate to love--each other.

Books are Rosie Taft's life. And ever since she took over her mother's beloved Manhattan bookstore, they've become her home too. The only thing missing is her own real-life romance like the ones she loves to read about, and Rosie has an idea of who she might like to sweep her off her feet. She's struck up a flirty online friendship with lesbian romance author Brie, and what could be more romantic than falling in love with her favorite author?

Jane Breslin works hard to keep her professional and personal lives neatly separated. By day, she works for the family property development business. By night, she puts her steamier side on paper under her pen name: Brie. Jane hasn't had much luck with her own love life, but her online connection with a loyal reader makes Jane wonder if she could be the one.

When Rosie learns that her bookstore's lease has been terminated by Jane's family's business, romance moves to the back burner. Even though they're at odds, there's no denying the sparks that fly every time they're together. When their online identities are revealed, will Jane be able to write her way to a happy ending, or is Rosie's heart a closed book?

Reviews (1)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Lacey (Come Away with Me) kicks off her Love in the City series with a sweet and mild romance between a bookstore owner and her favorite author. Rosie Taft is content with her life as the owner of a Manhattan bookstore, even if she gets most of her romance from novels and an online flirtation with her favorite lesbian romance author, the reclusive, one-named Brie. Then she receives notice that the store's landlords will not be renewing its lease, evicting it from the space that holds so many memories of Rosie's late mother. In a desperate attempt to save the shop, she invites Jane Breslin of Breslin Property Development to come see the community she's built. Meanwhile, she gets the opportunity to meet Brie IRL for the first time--and she's shocked to discover that Brie and Jane are one and the same, as Jane uses a pen name to hide her writing from her parents. Their mutual attraction is strong, but can they separate business from pleasure to make a relationship work? Lacey rounds out the romance with a lively cast of friends and family, and a wintry backdrop. The result isn't particularly memorable, but it's a quick story perfect for a cozy night in. Agent: Sarah Younger, NY Literary. (Dec.)