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Happy Ending
189 pages
A breezy coastal romance about a writer trying to pen her novel while fighting her attraction to a frustratingly handsome neighbor.
What it feels like
Reading this contemporary romance feels like a breezy summer retreat to the rugged coast of Newfoundland. The narrative moves at a steady, engaging pace, balancing the quiet introspection of a writer trying to focus on her craft with the crackling, reluctant tension of an unexpected attraction. The mood is light but emotionally grounded, steeped in the familiar frustration of trying to control one's life when the heart has other plans. The prose is accessible and character-driven, capturing the wry internal monologue of a woman whose fictional world is being hijacked by her very real, very aggravating neighbor. It is a delightful read for anyone who loves stories about creative ambition, coastal escapes, and the irresistible pull of an inconvenient romance.
- Mood
- breezy
- coastal
- romantic
- frustrated
- Tone
- wry
- romantic
- lighthearted
- earnest
- Pace
- steady
- Themes
- creative ambition · unexpected romance · summer retreats · reluctant attraction
- The writing
- Accessible and character-driven, capturing the wry internal monologue of a writer distracted by real life.
- The arc
- Moves from determined creative isolation to the reluctant, inevitable surrender to unexpected love.
- Who it's for
- Readers who enjoy contemporary romances featuring coastal summer escapes, writers at work, and the grumpy-neighbor trope.
About the book
Just fall in love, Nicola!
As if it were that easy--and in any case Nicola Shea doubted that it would solve all her problems. Her love life to date had been one big series of disasters.
And she didn't need any distractions. Nicola was spending the summer in Newfoundland for one reason only--to write her novel. A romance didn't figure into the equation.
She tried to keep to her schedule but with a neighbor like Trent Livingstone it wasn't easy. She'd made it perfectly clear that despite how attractive she found him, she just wasn't interested. So why did Trent, who seemed to go out of his way to be unpleasant, keep invading her thoughts and the pages of her story?
Description from Open Library.
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