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📚 Book 1 of a completed 2-book series
When a champagne-fueled rooftop party lands her in jail, wealthy It Girl Piper Bellinger gets cut off by her family and banished to run a dingy dive bar in small-town Washington—a fate worse than death for someone who thinks roughing it means flying coach. Enter Brendan, a gruff sea captain who's convinced this designer-wearing disaster will be gone in a week, but their constant run-ins spark an undeniable chemistry that neither of them can ignore. As Piper surprisingly settles into small-town life and discovers there's more to her than Instagram followers and champagne wishes, she begins to wonder if leaving means losing the man—and the home—she never knew she needed. This Schitt's Creek-inspired rom-com is the perfect blend of fish-out-of-water hilarity and genuine heart, proving that sometimes you have to lose everything to find out who you really are.
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