The Cinnamon Bun Book Store (Dream Harbor, #2)

by Laurie Gilmore

Not that Hazel understood that line of reasoning. She always wanted to be browsing the shelves of a bookstore.

‘Come with me, lass, if you want an adventure.’

Activity and noise and lights and bodies swirled around her, but Noah only saw her. It was as though everything else was blurred but Hazel was crystal clear.

‘I had a lovely time at the carnival. Where were you by the way? Didn’t feel like supporting the school?’ Red was creeping up Logan’s neck and into his cheeks. ‘Jeanie put on a sundress.’ ‘Excuse me?’ ‘We didn’t make it out of the house, okay?’ Logan ground out the words like they were choking him and Noah burst out laughing.

Wow, I didn’t think my inability to use the quadratic equation was showing.’

‘I always bring a book, just in case.’ ‘Just in case of what?’ ‘Just in case the person I wanted to see gets very busy doing his job and I have to wait to talk to him.’

He was summer and she was fall. He was adventure and she was comfort. But right now, on the cusp between the two seasons, in this liminal space they’d carved out for themselves, they fit just right.

‘Trust me, okay? I’ll keep you safe. Promise.’ She tipped her face up to his. ‘I do trust you. There’s just a lot of ways this could go wrong.’ ‘Yeah, but think of all the ways it could go right.’