num_pages: 352
description: From the bestselling author of The Convenient Groom (now a beloved Hallmark Original movie) comes a sweet and sizzling story of a romance writer surprised by her own happily ever after.When novelist Sadie Goodwin is forced to stop writing westerns and charged with penning a contemporary romance novel to rescue her lackluster sales theres only one tiny problem: Shes never been in love.Desperate to salvage her career Sadie begins devouring romance novels. Knowing she must devote herself to this confounding genre she accepts an invitation to hole up at her friends beach duplex for the summer. Where better to witness love in bloom than on the beautiful North Carolina shore?However once ensconced in the charming ocean-front home with her sweet maltipoo Rio she finds many ways to procrastinate. First theres the beach right outside her backdoor with all its interesting visitors (research). Then theres the free library she decides to build and set up by the back deck (She has to do something with all those romance novels). To say nothing of Sam Ford the grumpy neighbor on the other side of the duplex . . . who she cant seem to stop annoying.A social butterfly by nature Sadie soon gets to know all the beach regularssunbathers walkers and surfers alike. The free books draw a crowd right up to the house for nice little book chats which further irritates her reclusive neighbor to break up her writing. But things take an unexpected turn when Sadie opens a recently-placed novel to find a secret compartmentand tucked inside is a beautiful engagement ring. To whom does the ring belong? Sadie is convinced she needs to find the owner and save the mans proposal from certain doom.She draws a reluctant Sam into the project and slowly their connection begins to develop. Are these weird fluttery feelings the first stirrings of love? Has Sadie managed to stumble upon the very subject about which she must writeand wouldnt Sam make the perfect alpha hero?Will Sadie find the rings rightful owner? And will she manage to pen a career-saving romance novel by summers end?
language: English
title: A Novel Proposal
publisher: Thomas Nelson