A guarded librarian. A bold consultant. A modernization plan that could upend everything.
Sarah James loves her quiet routines and her beloved Maple Corner Library. But when the town brings in big-city consultant Kate Russell to "modernize" her space, Sarah finds herself challenged in more ways than one.

Kate has done this before—transforming small-town libraries with clean lines and cloud-based systems. But Maple Corner isn't like anywhere else, and neither is the quietly determined librarian who guards it.

As summer reading programs bring the town together, sparks fly between tradition and progress—and between two women who might just have more in common than they think. Can they find a future together without rewriting the heart of the town?

Opposites attract in this warm, witty sapphic romance filled with community charm, bookish banter, and a slow-burn that simmers beneath every shelf.