The Broken Quill: A Sweet Grumpy vs Sunshine Small Town Romance (Plum Ridge Book 1) (Plum Ridge Series)
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She came to sell a failing bookstore and leave before the mountains made her feel anything. He has spent fifteen years fixing every broken thing in this town except his own stubborn heart. One leaking roof, a tin of century-old love letters, and far too many hours in close quarters changed everything.Maya Vance had a plan: fly to Plum Ridge, Tennessee, assess the crumbling mountain bookstore her great-aunt left behind, and be back in Atlanta before the season changed. She did not plan for a roof that went to war with her first morning, a rare book collection one rainstorm away from ruin, or a town so stubbornly warm it refused to let her stay a stranger.And she absolutely did not plan on Garrett Hayes.Garrett is a broad-shouldered historical restoration contractor who has kept Plum Ridge standing for fifteen years with his own two hands. He has no interest in a fast-talking city planner breezing into his hometown with her color-coded folders and her exit strategy. But when a mountain storm threatens the antique books at the heart of The Broken Quill, he is the only person who knows how to stop the damage and the last person Maya wants to need. Forced to work side by side in the close quarters of a bookstore mid-renovation, the grumpy contractor who never planned on anyone makes a costly mistake: he starts to pay attention to her.When a routine repair uncovers a hidden tin of hundred-year-old love letters from Plum Ridge's founders, Maya and Garrett find themselves caught in a mystery that started long before either of them arrived. The letters tell the story of two people who nearly talked themselves out of the best thing that ever happened to them. It is uncomfortably easy to see themselves in the words.With a town that has decided to meddle, an aunt who knows far more than she lets on, and a restored bookstore that is starting to feel less like a project and more like home, Maya is running out of reasons to leave, and Garrett is running out of walls.The Broken Quill is a sweet, slow-burning small-town romance for readers who love cozy bookshop settings, genuine emotional tension, and a grumpy hero who shows love through early mornings and careful hands. Perfect for fans of Jenny Proctor, RaeAnne Thayne, and Sheila Roberts.Book 1 of the Plum Ridge Series. Ends with a romantic cliffhanger that leads directly into Book 2, Autumn at the Bookstore.Start your stay in Plum Ridge today. The Broken Quill is waiting.Readers keep coming back to Plum Ridge for:Grumpy/Sunshine Slow Burn: A stubborn contractor who communicates in actions, not words, and a sharp-tongued planner who planned her whole life except for him.Forced Proximity: A bookstore mid-renovation, a shared roof emergency, and nowhere to hide when the walls come down.Bookshop Romance: Antique books, a leaking tin ceiling, mismatched cafe chairs, and a town that gathers around stories.Sweet and Wholesome: A clean romance built on real emotional depth, slow-building tension, and a payoff worth every chapter of the wait.Enemies to Lovers: She thinks he is determined to make everything harder. He thinks she is here to change everything he has spent years protecting. They are both wrong about each other in the best possible way. Read more
