The Library of Second Chances: A Heartwarming Summer Romance by Savannah Carlisle

Author:Savannah Carlisle [Carlisle, Savannah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harpeth Road Press
Published: 2024-05-02T00:00:00+00:00

Fifteen

Lucy

Instead of writing in her gratitude journal, Lucy had spent the last few mornings at the wooden table on her back porch mapping out her new manuscript. Leona had loved her idea for a You’ve Got Mail retelling and asked her to send a synopsis to share with Lucy’s former editor, Sarah, who’d recently announced her new acquisitions editor role at one of the biggest publishers in the industry.

Lucy hadn’t felt this energized about writing in years, and the ideas were flowing easily. She’d gotten so caught up in her writing, she’d forgotten to stop by the Little Free Library to see if she had a new book from Gatsby’s Ghost. She made a mental note to go by before the first community forum that evening.

She looked out at the ocean, appreciating the clouds that dotted the sky and provided relief from the early morning heat. Closing her eyes, she concentrated on the rhythm of the waves crashing and then fizzling out before the next crash followed at perfect intervals. She was mentally running through her list of affirmations when she heard a dog yipping. She opened her eyes to see Pete approaching with Milly, his Pomeranian, from the beach.

Pete waved and Milly ran ahead of him on the boardwalk toward Lucy’s cottage. Pete’s khakis were rolled up a few inches, but still wet from walking in the surf. He and Frank lived a short distance down the beach. Lucy had run into Pete here and there around town while growing up, but her dad was never interested enough in fashion to shop in Pete and Frank’s store. He had been more of a T-shirt and jeans kind of guy. Once Lucy took over the bookstore, however, she’d gotten to know Pete and Frank as fellow downtown business owners, and they often ran into one another on their beach walks. Frank loved to cook and had extended a standing dinner invitation, which she took him up on at least a few times a month.

Milly beat Pete to Lucy and danced around in a circle in front of her barking for attention. Lucy leaned down to pet her.

“Hey there, Milli Vanilli.”

“Terrible excuse for music. You know that’s not where her name came from.” Pete frowned as he approached and sat at the table opposite Lucy.

Milly’s full name was Amelia, and she was named after a nearby island where Pete was born and raised. Frank always called her “Milli Vanilli” after the infamous band that got caught up in a lip-syncing scandal in the early nineties. He enjoyed getting a rise out of Pete and had even changed his ringtone to the group’s “Girl You Know It’s True” on more than one occasion.

“Coffee?” Lucy held up her mug as she stood to go get a refill.

“No, if I have any more my heart might explode. Frank got a new espresso machine, and it has these adorable little cups that look like they came from a children’s tea party set. They’re so tiny

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