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The Confidence of Wildflowers

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The Confidence of Wildflowers follows an eighteen-year-old woman grappling with a traumatic past who finds herself drawn to her new next-door neighbour, Thayer Holmes, a thirty-one-year-old single father. While she begins nannying his child to earn extra money, the unexpected connection deepens into love despite their significant age gap. This heart-wrenching contemporary romance explores themes of healing, unexpected relationships, and the complexities of falling for someone when life feels uncertain.
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Ideal for readers who enjoy emotional contemporary romances with complex characters and age-gap relationships, especially fans of Lucy Score and Colleen Hoover.

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For fans of Lucy Score and Colleen Hoover, a heart-wrenching contemporary romance about a young woman with a traumatic past who falls for the single dad next door. I was eighteen, he was thirty-one. We were worlds apart. But right next door. The temptations were too strong.

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For fans of Lucy Score and Colleen Hoover, a heart-wrenching contemporary romance about a young woman with a traumatic past who falls for the single dad next door.

I was eighteen, he was thirty-one. We were worlds apart. But right next door. The temptations were too strong.

My future is a big ‘what if’ at the moment and I’m fine with that. For the most part.

When Thayer Holmes moves in next door, the grumpy landscaper both fascinates and amuses me. When he asks me to nanny his kid, it’s a great way to make some extra money. It’s impossible not to fall in love with Thayer and his adorable son.

There’s a big problem though. I’m eighteen. He’s thirty-one. Falling for someone almost fifteen years older than me wasn’t part of my plans, but sometimes things happen when you least expect them.

The Confidence of Wildflowers explores the unexpected twists of love across generations, embracing the challenges and unexpected beauty in life’s deviations from the plan.

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ISBN: 9798987190104

Publisher: Meredith Wild LLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 18 September 2023

Country: United States

Imprint: Meredith Wild LLC

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 28.0mm

Width: 133.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 340g

Pages: 368

About the Author

Micalea Smeltzer is an author from Northern Virginia. Her two dogs, Ollie and Remy, are her constant companions. As a kidney transplant recipient she's dedicated to raising awareness around the effects of kidney disease, dialysis, and transplant as well as educating people on living donation. When she's not writing you can catch her with her nose buried in a book.

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