The Bookshop on Willow Lane

The Bookshop on Willow LaneA Clean and Wholesome Friends-to-Lovers Small-Town Romance About Second Chances, Sawdust, and the Words Two Best Friends Never Said Out LoudWhen Lena Marsh's grandmother's bookstore gets hit with a rent hike she can't afford, the last thing she expects is her lifelong best friend showing up with a tape measure -- and a month of free labor he insists is "just what friends do."Sam Whitfield has loved Lena since they were kids skipping rocks at the harbor. He's just never found the nerve to say so. But as they rebuild Willow & Page board by board, twenty years of careful distance start coming down along with the old stockroom wall -- and a shiny new chain bookstore, one jealous misunderstanding, and one very nosy best friend aren't going to make it easy for either of them to keep pretending.A small-town, friends-to-lovers romance about the courage it takes to say the thing you've been too afraid to say -- and the bookshop worth fighting for.Perfect for readers who love:- Small-town settings with a found-family cast- Slow-burn, friends-to-lovers tension- Sweet, clean romance with zero spice- A swoony grand gesture and a happily-ever-after you can feel coming from page oneA Clean and Wholesome Friends-to-Lovers Small-Town Romance About Second Chances, Sawdust, and the Words Two Best Friends Never Said Out LoudWillow & Page had survived a flood, two recessions, and her grandmother's stubborn refusal to modernize the till. It was not, Lena thought grimly, going to be undone by a rent increase she couldn't afford, not after everything.