Read Between the Lines (Ms. Right, #1)

by Rachel Lacey

“What’s the point of wasting my time with the wrong person?” Rosie wouldn’t apologize for being picky about who she dated. “Because sometimes you have to date Ms. Wrong to find Ms. Right,” Lia said.

“Online friends are perfectly valid,”

Books spoke to her on a soul-deep level. They had the power to change lives when someone saw themselves represented on the page for the first time, and nothing made her happier than helping a customer find that connection.

She was incurably awkward when it came to relationships, preferring to live vicariously through her characters.

“It’s a nightmare when you’re bi. I swear, most of the people who contact me are men and women in relationships looking to have a threesome, and that’s just not my scene.”

Nothing was more romantic in her opinion than someone shopping for books for their spouse.

Her online crush, her real-life crush, and the woman who’d crushed her dreams were all the same person, and her mind was still struggling to snap all the pieces into place.

“Generally, the best way to tackle difficult things is to go through, not around,”

Jane’s smile was the kind that made Rosie swoon, one of those real smiles that seemed to light her up from the inside. “Amy will want all the details. For what it’s worth, she’s solidly on the side of us pursuing . . . whatever this is.” Rosie touched Jane’s hand, hoping she wasn’t going to wake up tomorrow and regret this. “I’m leaning in that direction too.”