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Love Walked in

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A sunshiny American bookstore whisperer clashes with the grumpy British owner of the shop she's trying to save in this winning opposites-attract romance for book lovers. He has a struggling bookshop. She has a knack for bringing bookstores back to life. As soon as she walks... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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A sunshiny American bookstore whisperer clashes with the grumpy British owner of the shop she's trying to save in this winning opposites-attract romance for book lovers.

He has a struggling bookshop. She has a knack for bringing bookstores back to life. As soon as she walks into his store, all bets are off...

Mari Cole's whole life is her dream job: rescuing and revitalising indie bookstores. Friendship? Love? No thanks. After a hard childhood, she doesn't want to get too close to anyone. Besides, books have never let Mari down the way people have. Then she gets the offer of a lifetime: rescuing Ross & Co. Once the most prestigious independent booksellers in London, the store is a shadow of its former self and needs an expert outsider to turn things around. But the offer turns out to be a double-edged sword: Leo Ross, the store's new owner, is as cold and hostile as the British winter.

For as long as he can remember, Leo Ross has known his future is becoming the next generation to run Ross & Co. He's sacrificed almost everything he cares about, but the bookshop is still failing on his watch, and now there's an obnoxiously cheerful American woman convinced that she's going to magically make everything better. Leo's life is difficult and messy enough as it is, and he doesn't want her help.

When Mari and Leo are forced to work closely together to bring the store back to life, Leo's icy surface thaws to reveal the passionate man underneath. As winter gives way to the possibility of new beginnings, Mari begins to see that true love could be even better in real life than in the pages of a book. Can they put their pasts aside and learn to let love in?

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781250894748

Publisher: St Martin's Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 02 September 2025

Country: United States

Imprint: St Martin's Press

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 24.0mm

Width: 132.0mm

Height: 208.0mm

Weight: 318g

Pages: 352

About the Author

SARAH CHAMBERLAIN is a writer, editor, and cookbook translator whose articles have appeared in VICE, The Guardian (UK), Food52, and McSweeney's Internet Tendency. When she's not writing witty, sexy contemporary romance, she enjoys making dinner for her friends and family, watching Cary Grant movies, and setting records as an amateur competitive powerlifter. Originally from Northern California, she lives in London.

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