Mistakes Were Made | Deluxe Edition | Story Lake | Book 2
Story Lake Book 2
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In-Store Location: Contemporary
#1 New York Times bestselling author Lucy Score, whose smash hit Things We Never Got Over captured millions of hearts, invites you back to Story Lake for a swoon-worthy new small town romantic comedy.
He's looking for the perfect wife. She's looking for the perfect one-night stand.
Literary agent Zoey Moody doesn't like small town life, but here she is: exiled from Manhattan's publishing scene and trapped in a tiny Pennsylvania town with her BFF and only remaining client, Hazel. The problem? She's totally broke.
All she needs is for Hazel's next romance novel to become a gigantic hit, and Zoey will be back in New York. Nothing will stand in her way. Nothing except her six-foot-two-inch landlord, Gage Bishop. He's smart, serious, and sexy. Worst of all, he's ready to settle down.
Zoey might be the most beautiful woman Gage has ever met, but it's clear they're all wrong for each other. She's allergic to commitment and can't work a calendar app; he's looking for a wife and has the next five years all planned out. She's afraid of animals. He lives in a literal barn. But when Gage's world is rocked by a devastating family secret, he turns to Zoey for one night to forget everything. That one night just might change everything…or ruin it.
Perfect for fans of the heart, humor, and hope found in Things We Never Got Over and Things We Left Behind, Mistakes Were Made is a steamy escape to small town romance―full of emotional twists, slow-burn tension, and Lucy Score's trademark charm.
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Tropes: small-town romance, opposites attract, forced proximity, landlord/tenant, blue-collar hero, neurodivergent heroine, grumpy x chaos, found family, one-night stand to more, slow burn, emotional healing, caretaker hero, fish-out-of-water heroine, small-town shenanigans, protective MMC, commitment-phobe FMC, workplace/publishing industry elements, romantic comedy
Content Warnings: infertility and miscarriage themes, grief and loss, death references, past child neglect, emotional trauma, strained family relationships, abuse references, perfectionism, fear of failure, divorce, disability, car accident resulting in death and permanent disability (discussed), neurodivergence/ADHD representation, family conflict, explicit sexual content, and more.