Single mom Bridget Harper has no time for romance. Her hands are full enough running her new inn. Toss in a sister's wedding to host, another sister's career to help jumpstart, and a grandmother's missing cat to find, and Bridget has little free time for anything other than taking a good book down to the beach. With troubled times officially behind her, she's perfectly content with her busy life . . . until a handsome guest has her questioning what may be missing.

Novelist Jack Riley came to Oyster Bay with one purpose only: to write. With a deadline looming, he plans to lock himself inside his room at a remote country inn, and not emerge until his work is finished. The trouble is, he came to get away from distraction and, thanks to the irresistible innkeeper, finds it at every turn. Dragging out his stay in this small town is the last thing he had in mind, until he begins to wonder if he's finally found his muse . . .