An introvert's guide to life and love

An introvert's guide to life and love

Lauren Appelbaum

Book - 2025

"Mallory Rosen takes her remote tech job seriously. She values routine with predictability and minimum contact with others. So the last thing she wants are any surprises that force her to leave her comfortable Seattle apartment. Surprises like inheriting her late grandmother's seaside cottage in Florida...with the requirement that she keeps her newly widowed grandfather company. With no vacation days left, Mal will have to quickly check on her grandfather, sell the cottage, and return to her structured life before her boss even knows she left. But when she gets to Gramp's new independent living community, it's not so simple. The cottage needs expensive maintenance fixes with a much too charming property manager. Her gran...dfather constantly interrupts her Zoom meetings. The WiFi drops at the absolute worst times. It all feels too much like déjà vu-the kind that reminds her of when she was fired from her last remote job and was forced to live with her parents. But right when she's about to call it quits, she starts finding the unexpected: making friends at the senior citizen yoga, getting to know Gramps as a person (rather than just a stubborn boomer), and exploring the tight-knit small town. It doesn't help that she keeps running into her hot property manager who seems to know everyone. Just when she finally feels alive, connected to others, and like she has a chance at love, she gets the (almost) worst notice ever: All employees must return to the office"--

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Subjects
Romance fiction.
Novels.
Romans.
Genres
Romance fiction
Novels
Romans
Published
New York : Forever 2025.
Language
English
Main Author
Lauren Appelbaum (author)
Edition
First trade paperback edition
Physical Description
pages cm
ISBN
9781538757864
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Review by Kirkus Book Review

An unexpected inheritance invites a reluctant heroine to step out of her shell. At her grandmother Lottie's funeral, sad and sticky in the Florida heat, Mallory Rosen can't wait to get back to her comfortable and very routine life in Seattle. But shortly after she returns, she learns that Lottie willed Mallory a house in Reina Beach along with a request to look after Gramps, now alone in an independent living community. Mallory is avoidant and at first tries to handle property ownership and grandparent connection long distance, but a friend talks sense into her, convincing her to appear in person. A few days turns into a week, then longer, as she builds a sweet relationship with the delightful and believable Gramps and a potentially steamy one with her property manager, Daniel. Given how small she has kept herself and her life in Seattle, Mallory is surprisingly game to meet new people and try new things--shuffleboard, kayaking, an exercise class with the retirees that is quite funny. She even, after a bit of resistance, proves a dab hand at home improvement. So it's slightly mystifying why she seems so dedicated to returning to the Pacific Northwest. Nonetheless, the slow burn of her falling for Daniel as well as Florida is full of lush and lovely scenes, and Mallory is a pleasurable narrator who readers will root for. Like a good soak in a hot tub near the beach. Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

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