A01=Maggie North
Author_Maggie North
canadian setting
canadian wilderness setting
Category=FQ
Category=FRD
emotional romance
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falling in love
grumpy sunshine
love story
neurodivergent author
neurodivergent protagonist
neurodiverse rep
opposites attract
protagonist journey
relationship therapy
romcom
second chance romance
self discovery
whitewater canoeing
women's fiction story
Product details
- ISBN 9781250910134
- Weight: 286g
- Dimensions: 135 x 207mm
- Publication Date: 21 Jul 2025
- Publisher: St Martin's Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Burned-out former ER doc Stellar J Byrd can solve any crisis except her own life. But with her financial prospects dwindling, she’d do anything to stay in her beloved, pricey wilderness town - even take a job as a camp physician at The Love Boat, an unspeakably touchy-feely relationship therapy startup. If there are sing-alongs, she’s calling in sick.
What’s worse? Her boss is Lyle “McHuge” McHugh, the sunshiny psychologist she’s masterfully avoided since their disastrous hookup last year. Hardheaded relationship scorekeeper Stellar plans to dodge his pathological generosity from now until September, but after a scathing article puts McHuge's romantic credibility into question, a fake engagement is the only way to salvage the camp’s crumbling public image.
It’s strictly business . . . but the more closely they work together, the more Stellar realizes her feelings for McHuge are anything but professional. With competitors hard on their heels and trade secrets at stake, they must find a way to marry his softness with her steel to build a business - and a love - that will last past summer’s end . . .
MAGGIE NORTH lives in Ottawa, Canada with the man she met in ninth grade, their kid, and a rotating cast of hypoallergenic aquarium friends. Her hobbies include long-distance open water swimming, saving the world, and being relentlessly Canadian. She enjoys being autistic a lot more since she received her diagnosis as an adult. Rules for Second Chances is her first novel.
