Pixel of Ink

Not Quite by the Book: A Novel by Julie Hatcher

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A bookstore owner discovers that life as a recluse isn’t for everyone in this sharp yet sweet novel about how sometimes you must abandon the quest for love to find your true passion.

Emma Rini is in a rut so deep she could shelve books there. While her sister awaits her first baby and her parents embark on retirement adventures, Emma stays put among the stacks of the family bookshop.

She can’t remember her last vacation—or romance that wasn’t a disappointment. When her parents assume she’ll take over the store without pause, Emma decides to escape…to the nineteenth century. Channeling her favorite poet recluse, Emily Dickinson, she rents a crumbling manor outside Amherst to learn how to be quietly, blissfully alone.

But solitude isn’t simple. She can’t start a fire or stop the bunnies from devouring the garden. She’s constantly sparring with the grumpy-hot architect restoring the house—and receiving mysterious floral messages from a secret admirer.

As the outside world keeps intruding, Emma begins to question what she truly wants. Will she forgo love for the family legacy—or finally become the bold heroine of her own story?

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