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The BRAND-NEW Small-Town, Strangers-to-Lovers Romance Full of Slow Burn and Emotional Heat from the bestselling author of OUT ON A LIMB!
By Hannah Bonam-Young
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Introducing Prue and Milo in the brand new heart-warming and spicy strangers-to-lovers romcom, and the start of a new duet, from viral TikTok author Hannah Bonam-Young! Prudence Welch has always valued her introverted lifestyle in the small town of Baysville, Ontario. She is content with working... Read More
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Introducing Prue and Milo in the brand new heart-warming and spicy strangers-to-lovers romcom, and the start of a new duet, from viral TikTok author Hannah Bonam-Young!

Prudence Welch has always valued her introverted lifestyle in the small town of Baysville, Ontario. She is content with working at her father's gas station, writing her beloved poetry, and caring for her mother who has been diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's. Despite her father's continuous remarks that she should venture out of the town to have a more fulfilling life, Prue just can't leave it behind.

Milo Kablukov is a free spirit, who has had his fair share of worldwide adventures and wild nights. But when he is called by his brother for an urgent family matter in Baysville, he finds that he just might have to stay put a while.

After an intriguing encounter with Prue, Milo sets his sights on getting to know her, but he finds that a friendship with Prue may be different to what he had been expecting...

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ISBN: 9781835011478

Publisher: Bedford Square Publishers

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 30 September 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bedford Square Publishers

Audience: General / adult

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Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 368

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Hannah Bonam-Young is an Amazon bestselling author from Ontario, Canada. She lives with her childhood-friend-turned-husband Ben, two kids, and bulldog near Niagara Falls on the traditional territory of the Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabe peoples.

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