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January 20, 2019
Schoolteacher Jaime Krause traded hot-girl summer for pay-the-bills summer, working at a local plant boutique. But when she falls for shop owner, Ryan Macleod, the temporary job becomes a catalyst for reevaluating not only the school year ahead, but the rest of Jaime's life.
With bills and student loans to pay, schoolteacher Jaime Krause is once again on the summer job hunt.
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When she lands a job at a local plant boutique, working for standoffish shop owner Ryan Macleod, it seems she’s found the perfect solution to her money trouble. Yet, Ryan hired her on the assumption that she’s as committed as him to the shop. He can’t stand a flake. He can't know she's only around for the summer.
Managing the half-truth of her employment, Jaime finds her footing and green thumb around the same time that her ex returns to Roam, wanting to rekindle their old flame. And Jaime’s family, ever meddling, has decided he’s a perfect match. Jaime wants to make her family happy, but it’s now at the expense of the growing desire she feels for Ryan, whose slow-to-warm but patient demeanor gives introverted, conflict-avoidant Jaime the space she needs to flex her truest self and assert her wants.
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As the summer nears its end, Jaime must decide whether it’s her happiness, or the happiness of others that truly matters. The choice forces her to pick a corner of the love triangle that has her entangled, confront her family, and re-examine her career path, making Jaime’s hot-girl summer less sundresses and fun-in-the-sun, and more life-altering decisions.
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"Her desire was something beyond a quick fix. It was slow. Something she wanted to luxuriate in, allowing for dreams of a future that was easy to consider."