Willowbrook Wishes

Lily Harper doesn't do roots—she does exits, and she's perfected both.

A foster-care survivor turned high-powered event planner, Lily arrives in Willowbrook, Ohio, in the summer of 1998 with one goal: breathe new life into the struggling county fair, collect her paycheck, and disappear before anyone gets too comfortable. It's a system that's never failed her. That is, until she meets Ethan Calloway.

The gruff, broad-shouldered bookstore owner has absolutely no interest in Lily's big-city ideas—or her relentlessly optimistic smile. His late father helped build the Willowbrook fair into something meaningful, and he'll be damned if some here-today-gone-tomorrow outsider strips away its soul in the name of progress. He's made it his personal mission to challenge her at every turn.

What neither of them expects is that their bickering sessions start feeling a lot like the best part of the day.

Set against the golden backdrop of a tight-knit summer community, *Willowbrook Wishes* is a clean and wholesome small-town romance that captures the magnetic pull of a classic grumpy-sunshine pairing with warmth and genuine heart. As Lily and Ethan clash over the fair's future, they're forced to confront something far more complicated—her fear of belonging anywhere and his fear of letting someone in.

Willowbrook has a funny way of making people stay. The only question is whether Lily will let it.