Once Upon a Time in Dollywood

A playwright must grapple with her difficult year and writer’s block while falling for the single dad living next door in this emotional debut novel from Ashley Jordan. Eve Ambroise may be a rising star playwright,but her personal life is falling part. Desperate for a fresh startshe breaks up with her fianc├⌐cuts off her parentsand heads to the Tennessee mountains. But keeping up the lie that sheΓÇÖs just on a writing retreat becomes near impossible when faced with the well-meaning townspeople and a neighbor who has just as much baggage as she has. Coming off a contentious custody battleJamie Gallagher is restructuring what his life looks like as a single dadand spending more days at his cabin makes his new ΓÇ£free timeΓÇ¥ a little less empty. Especially when he meets the beautifulΓÇöand pricklyΓÇöwoman next door. The last thing he needs is a new romance to shake up his family dynamics even morebut thereΓÇÖs something about Eve. What starts out as a fling quickly becomes more seriousand itΓÇÖs not long before Eve is running scared once again. SheΓÇÖs loved and lost in every possible wayand risking it one more time could finally break her. But like the fireflies that fill the mountains around themJamie’s and EveΓÇÖs lives keep falling into sync. A fairy-tale ending could be in the cardsbut only if the new couple can get out of their heads and put their hearts first.