After a lifetime of romantic letdowns-including a father who vanished like a plot twist and a fiancé who turned "I do" into "I... don't think so" less than a year ago -Stella Duprey has officially sworn off men. Her heart is now strictly reserved for her one true love: Between the Covers, the cozy bookshop she owns, where the romance and fairytale happy endings stay tucked between the pages.

She's built a peaceful, man-free life surrounded by her loyal inner circle: her stoic mom and supportive sister, her brutally honest neighbor-turned-bestie, and her one employee, Gina, who's brilliant, devoted, and only slightly terrifying when caffeinated.

Stella is happily hiding from love behind towers of beloved novels-until Theo Steele walks in. A local firefighter with a habit of rescuing kittens and people, Theo is inconveniently attractive and dangerously...nice. Worst of all, he seems determined to help Stella believe in happily-ever-afters again.

Now Stella must choose: stick with the safety of her book-bound world, or let Theo - and possibly love - burn down the walls she's built around her heart.