He’s always been . . . hardest to love.

Son of a famous hotelier, irresistible to women, NICK ZACCARDI wisecracks at Wedding Crashers speed and successfully manages his father’s flagship bar. . . until he discovers the unforgivable from his father and decides to launch his own sports bar.   

The perfect location? A failing bookstore owned by a naïve elderly woman. Nick swoops in to make an offer. Forget you, Mister Smarmy, counters the owner’s beautiful niece, ELENA MUFSON, a professor. For Elena, the bookstore represents what’s good in the world – books, introspection, civility. It’s also home.

But Nick’s persistent. And persuasive. She can’t deny the bookstore’s sales are in the red, nor can she deny Nick’s sexy vitality knocks the dust off the shelves and out of her.

Their relationship is a rollercoaster, exciting, unpredictable and potentially heartbreaking, set against the wintry backdrop of Chicago.

Can Elena crack the hard shell around his heart? Can Nick get her to come out of her protective shell? Can they both make the sacrifices to reach their dreams – without sacrificing what is most important?

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A debut novel that’s a feel-good contemporary romance.