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Avon A charming literary-themed novel about a young woman determined to save her great-auntβs beloved bookshop from extinction by the shiny new competitionβwhich also happens to be run by the handsome son of her familyβs rivals. The cute, seaside town of Portneath has been the home of Capelthorneβs Books for nearly a hundred yearsβ¦ The shop, in the heart of a high street that stretches crookedly down the hill from the castle to the sea, may be a tad run-down these days, but to Jules Capelthorne, the wonky, dusty world of literary treasures is full of precious childhood memories. When her great-aunt Florence gets too frail to run it alone, Jules ditches her junior publishing job in London and comes home to make the bookshopβs hundredth birthday a celebration to remember. Jules quickly discovers things are worse than she ever imagined: The bookshop is close to bankruptcy, unlikely to make it to its own centenary celebration, and the lease on the building is up for renewal. With a six-figure sum needed, the future looks bleak. To make matters worse, the owner of the property is the insufferable Roman Montbeau, from the posh, local family who owns half of Portneath. The Montbeaus and Capelthornes have feuded for years, and Roman has clearly not improved since he tormented Jules as a child. Fresh from a high-flying career in New York, he is on a mission to shake things up, andβunforgivablyβproves his point about Capelthorneβs being a relic of the past by opening a new bookshop directly oppositeβa shiny, plate-glass-windowed emporium of books. Jules may not be able to splash the cash on promotions and marketing like the Montbeaus, but sheβs got some ideas of her own, plus she has a tenacity that may just win the hardest of hearts and the most hopeless of conflicts. Let the battle of the bookshops commenceβ¦  Let the Battle of love and books commenceA small bookshop tries to compete with progress, while the owner tries not to fall in love 
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