Sweet Pease — Cameron D. Garriepy

Kate Pease has everything under control--her bakery's expansion, her best friend's wedding, and her carefully guarded heart--until Thornton College's new novelist-in-residence maligns her scones in a student newspaper. Never one to back down from a challenge, Kate confronts him, only to discover he's more dreamy academic than snarky stranger. Living in a postcard town, Kate knows better than to fall for an appealing tourist, but there's nothing wrong with a fling. Ewan Lovatt is in Thornton, Vermont for a semester to teach--and to research the Damselfly Inn's past for a new project. His agent wants pages, but it's not the historical house that inspires him. Tangling with the town sweetheart tempts Ewan with an undeniable attraction and a compelling new character. Suddenly his vision for the future and his agent's big dreams for his career are at odds. Somewhere between winter and spring, these two fiercely independent souls find magic together, but Kate offered her love to the wrong man once before. She's not inclined to risk it again--especially on one who's not staying in Thornton. The second novel in the Thornton, Vermont trilogy, Sweet Pease revisits the town -- and the characters -- readers fell in love with in Damselfly Inn.