THE BRIGHT SPOT

A 29-year-old woman inherits 50% of a farm near Lake Tahoe and must work with the other owner to save the property.

Luna Wright has a huge chip on her shoulder: Adopted at birth and hurt in love, she’s worked hard to be successful in her five years as the manager of Apple Ridge Farm, a gorgeous 150-acre spread in the Sierras. Which she thought she’d managed to do, with the help of friends and family—Willow, her best friend; Stella, her grandmother; and Chef, her first boyfriend and now good friend—despite the farm’s grumpy owner, whom all the employees hate, and her own history of failure. But then Silas Wittman, that grumpy owner, dies, and she finds out that not only was he her biological grandfather, making her hiring smack of nepotism, but he’s left her half the farm and a balloon payment that’s due in 60 days. And then her new business partner, Jameson Hayes, Silas’ investment manager, turns out to be a hot guy she met at a bar who turned her down cold. So to add to her stress about making the farm a success, and the fact that she’s convinced her beloved co-workers will hate her once they find out she’s part-owner, she has the embarrassment of working with a guy who rejected her. Jameson has secrets of his own, and he promised Silas he would stay at the farm for two months to help Luna, which won’t be easy.

An easy-to-read, forced-proximity romance filled with quirky characters, strong—but flawed—women, and supportive men.