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If you love cosy small-town romance, slow-burn love stories and the kind of fictional place you secretly wish you could visit, let me introduce you to Solace Springs. In this post, I’m sharing the Laura Bloom books in order, where The Cherry Blossom Boathouse fits into the series, and a little glimpse of what’s coming next to this lakeside town.

n every great romance novel, there’s the love story… and then there’s the best friend who sees it coming a mile off. In this blog, I am celebrating the awesomeness that is Grace Sullivan from The Cherry Blossom Boathouse: café queen, truth-teller, cinnamon roll provider, and the woman every heroine needs in her corner.

Some stories don’t begin with a grand plan. They begin with a misstep. A moment that doesn’t go quite the way you imagined and a first impression you initially wish could be erased, but later realise was exactly the right way for everything to start. This is one of those stories.

Small town slow burn romance has become the ultimate comfort read for so many of us. From strong personalities to that unmistakable sense of belonging, there’s something about this genre that just hits differently. Have a read and find out why.

This blog post looks at why the ‘found family’ trope in romance resonates with readers. In cosy small-town romance stories, this trope often appears through tight-knit towns, supportive friendships and characters who slowly realise they belong somewhere – and with someone – after all.