Publication Date: July 2, 2024
Love checks in—even if it’s an unwelcome guest—in this delightful smalltown romance from USA Today bestselling author Jennifer Shirk…
It was supposed to be L.A. attorney Loni Wingate’s perfect day. Instead, she got only chaos and heartbreak. Her fiancé stole her promotion and ended their engagement, leaving her career and her future dangling by a thread. Then when Loni tries to go to her safe place, her family’s quaint North Carolina resort, she finds it’s up for sale.
But Loni didn’t get to where she is without a fight. So if a developer is coming by to assess the property, the place she feels most connected to her long-gone Mama…well, Loni and her sisters will serve up a taste of Southern hospitality he’ll never forget.
Ian Hollowell hasn’t experienced “Southern hospitality” firsthand, but he’s pretty sure this is not it. Between the storage room accommodation, the all-sugar sweet tea, and a lethally hot pepper omelet, he’s getting the sense his welcome is anything but. Still, he didn’t get his ruthless reputation by quitting when the game gets interesting.
And Loni is one adversary Ian can’t resist… especially when family revelations start pushing Loni to question her loyalties.
Now a round of “keep your enemies close” might be flipped on its head in bestselling author Jennifer Shirk’s sparkling and stirring story about reconsidering the past in order to shape the future. Because sometimes it takes one last resort to find the place—and people—that truly feel like home.
With her chance at a promotion shot and a broken engagement, Loni Wingate needs a break from California. However, all thoughts of relaxation disappear when she discovers her father plans to sell the beloved family resort on the Carolina coast.
Resorting to Romance by Jennifer Shirk provides an engaging enemies-to-lovers romantic comedy. As Loni joins her two sisters, they are met with the arrival of handsome developer Ian Hollowell, who is ready to cash in on the beachfront property occupied by The Sandy Bottom Hotel.
Needless to say, when the sisters are instructed by their father to give Ian a warm Southern welcome, they take hospitality seriously. The comedic aspect works well with the story, especially the battle between Ian and Loni. Both are determined and work-focused, which makes for plenty of sparks.
Another interesting element centers around a stack of old love letters that seem to cast doubt on their late mother’s relationship with their father. This leads to plenty of angst.
The fate of The Sandy Bottom Hotel may hang in the balance, but Resorting to Romance ensures everyone will walk away with a smile.
Jennifer Shirk has a bachelor’s degree in pharmacy—which has in no way at all helped her with her writing career. But she likes to point it out, since it shows romantic-at-hearts come in all shapes, sizes, and mind- numbing educations.
Jennifer is a USA Today bestselling and award-winning author of sweet (and sometimes even funny) romances for Montlake Romance and Entangled Publishing. She resides in a beach resort in NJ, so when she’s not writing or working on her tan, she’s taking care of her most treasured possessions: her husband, daughter, and two grateful rescue dogs.
