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Opposites attract when a scatterbrained literary agent and a responsible lawyer fall for one another in this follow-up toStory of My Life (2025). Literary agent Zoey Moody never would have thought she’d leave the Manhattan publishing scene for farm animals and nosy neighbors, but somehow she’s called Story Lake, Pennsylvania, home for the last six months. Zoey and her best friend/only client, Hazel Hart, ventured to the lakeside town in hopes of curing Hazel’s writer’s block. Now Hazel has written a bestselling romance inspired by her engagement to surly contractor Campbell Bishop and Zoey’s—well, still a hot mess. First, her New York apartment is turning into a condo, forcing her to stay in this godforsaken town, and she needs Hazel to write another moneymaker before she’s forced to sellall her designer bras. Thankfully, Cam’s brother Gage offers to rent Zoey the one-bedroom apartment above his law office. As town solicitor, Gage has every personality trait Zoey lacks: He’s organized, painstakingly responsible, and he plans to settle down. Zoey can’t help but admit that under all that practicality, Gage is downright sexy—though she knows they’d never make sense together. But when Gage, hoping for a distraction, confides in Zoey about a difficult family situation, the night they spend together changes everything. Can they create a future from a one-night stand, or will it always be just a wonderful mistake? The second installment of Score’s Story Lake series is as wacky and amusing as the first, with recurring favorites like Goose the bald eagle and the Bishops’ sassy sister, Laura. Zoey and Gage prove that opposites do attract, and Score leaves none of the steamy evidence to the imagination. In the epilogue, Zoey hints at another Hazel Hart book to come, and fans of the series can look forward to learning who steals the heart of the third Bishop brother. Classic Lucy Score: Cute and charming with a side of chaos. Copyright © Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.