A Girl Made of Dreams and Words — Laura Briggs

Fame, fortune, and unexpected partings offer Maisie new surprises in the sixth installment of the warm-hearted romance series.As Maisie finishes the last chapters of the novel inspired by her and Sidney, she makes the impulsive decision to publish it independently, since the story's deeply-personal nature convinces her that it will never amount to anything. She never dared to imagine any chance that it would become one of the summer's hottest reads by accident when chance readers, turned ardent fans, spread word of it by social media.Everything is changing quickly with her newfound success, and Maisie isn't prepared. Her best friend Molly is moving on in life -- and Alex is returning with changes of his own. A possible Norwegian career in publishing awaits him, and Maisie convinces herself she's fine with it. That is, until she meets the beautiful and sympathetic Ingra, Holbrech's daughter and Alex's former coworker, whom Adele adores.In the midst of this, Maisie feels the call of crisis from her old friends at the hotel Cornwall more clearly than ever. The hotel's busiest season so far has overwhelmed staff, with a crowd from a Botswana business and arts conference on one side and the semifinals of an international poker tournament on the other. The former one brings Maisie a sense of kinship with a young Botswana writer, who shares her philosophies and perspective; the latter, however, brings a danger unlike anything its staff had faced before.Unsure of Alex's destiny after months of change for both of them, and desperately yearning for clarity, Maisie finds she's the only one who can decide her next move for the future. Following her heart's present call, however, could cost her the one thing she so desperately wants in life.