The Rainy Day Bookshop
A Contemporary Small-Town Story of Family, Community and Books
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- Pre-Order
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- Expected Jun 2, 2026
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
"A love letter to motherhood, mending fences, and, of course, the bookstores that save us when it all feels like too much." --Kristy Woodson Harvey, New York Times bestselling author of Summer State of Mind
Life is full of plot twists...
Sandwiched between caring for her mother and rebuilding the relationship with her estranged daughter, Emma, Rosie Lucas’s life is full. In the best way. With Emma and her 3-year old daughter, Olive, back home, Rosie has a partner for The Rainy Day Bookshop, the family business, and a chance to fix the past. What she doesn’t have time for is a romantic relationship. And even if she did, Andrew Morgan is the last person she’d choose. Not only is he an arrogant and reclusive writer, but he’s a single dad with two young kids. She’s already been there, done that. Still as an irresistible flirtation builds between them, he becomes her unexpected confidante on the distance Rosie can’t seem to overcome with Emma, a secret she can’t quite unravel…
Emma isn’t proud of her past. But she’s pulled herself up by the bootstraps, caring for her own daughter, and protecting her mom at all costs. Just as she always has. She never told Rosie what she saw all those years ago and she never will. But some secrets refuse to stay buried, and sometimes the truth is more shocking than fiction. Rosie and Emma will have to navigate an unimaginable path forward. Together.
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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Bestseller Thayne (Snow Kissed) delivers a heartwarming double romance perfect for summer. After eight years away, single mother Emma Lucas returns to Wood Briar, Ore., with her three-year-old daughter, Olive, to help her widowed mother, Rosie, manage the Rainy Day Bookshop. Life has been difficult for Emma since her father's death a decade prior; she rebelled against Rosie and struggled with guilt and grief. She's also hiding a secret about her late father that could break Rosie's heart. For her part, Rosie longs to have Emma and Olive back home for good and seeks to rebuild their relationship. When bestselling author Andrew Morgan, a widower and single father to two young children, buys and renovates Rosie's dream home, Rosie, who also works as a contractor, oversees the project and romance blossoms. Meanwhile, builder Bryce Kendall has been in love with Emma since middle school. Now that she's back in town, he's eager for a second chance but unsure how to break down her walls. The author delicately handles tough emotional issues to craft a multigenerational romance about healing, forgiveness, and second chances. The combination of family and romantic drama, plus the cozy setting, will hit the sweet spot for Thayne's fans.
