So Inn Love

Yes. A couple. Like: Is Hayden really as interested in me as I am in him? And is my roommate right—should I "beware of hookups"?

My dream front-desk assignment vanished the minute my old vacation friend pulled seniority, leaving me stuck in housekeeping with an unruly vacuum cleaner. Job description? Flexible. That is hotel code for hauling soggy beach towels and running emergency pen errands for a grumpy novelist.

Confirmation? Doubtful. Oh, I'm sorry, I thought you said "commitment."

Staff romance? Complicated. Swimming past caution flags is hard enough without an ex-girlfriend hovering next door.

Special Requests? Let me get through this summer without being fired and heartbroken.

Let me fall in love this summer. Let me be part of the inn crowd.

• First Love: Liza navigates electric chemistry and mixed signals by the water, trying to guard her heart while figuring out if Hayden’s beachside charm extends beyond the private beach.
• Forced Proximity: Cramped staff quarters in Room 213 mean sharing a telephone-booth closet, broken-down furniture, and thin dorm walls where every late-night whisper carries.
• Coming of Age: Between late-night bonfires at Crandall’s Point, a summer away from home tests friendships and true loyalties.
• Also by This Author: How to Meet Boys, Love and Other Things I'm Bad At and Eleven Things I Promised.