The Ripple Effect

A grumpy burnt out physician and a sunshine psychologist must fake an engagement to save his whitewater canoeing/ relationship therapy startup in Maggie North’s sparkling second novel about starting over. Burned-out former ER doc Stellar J Byrd can solve any crisis except her own life. But with her financial prospects dwindling,sheΓÇÖd do anything to stay in her belovedpricey wilderness townΓÇöeven take a job as a camp physician at The Love Boatan unspeakably touchy-feely relationship therapy startup. If there are sing-alongssheΓÇÖs calling in sick. WhatΓÇÖs worse? Her boss is Lyle ΓÇ£McHugeΓÇ¥ McHughthe sunshiny psychologist sheΓÇÖs masterfully avoided since their disastrous hookup last year. Hardheaded relationship scorekeeper Stellar plans to dodge his pathological generosity from now until Septemberbut after a scathing article puts McHuge’s romantic credibility into questiona fake engagement is the only way to salvage the campΓÇÖs crumbling public image. ItΓÇÖs strictly business . . . but the more closely they work togetherthe more Stellar realizes her feelings for McHuge are anything but professional. With competitors hard on their heels and trade secrets at stakethey must find a way to marry his softness with her steel to build a businessΓÇôand a loveΓÇôthat will last past summerΓÇÖs end . . .