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Cover of It Seemed Like a Good Idea (Standard Edition)

It Seemed Like a Good Idea (Standard Edition)

Lauren Blakely (2025-09-02)

Subgenre
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingR
Pages (Standard (250-400))
SeriesDarling Springs #
Setting
CSM age18+

Content levels

ViolenceNone
Sexual contentSteamy
LanguageMild

Trigger warnings

Not yet tagged

Positive tags

Found Familyhappy endingHumorslow burnSwoony

Tropes

BodyguardCelebrity RomanceContemporaryForced ProximityGrumpy SunshineHEA (Happy Ever After)One BedOpposites AttractProtective HeroSecond ChanceSmall Town

Themes

Fame vs PrivacyFamilySecond ChancesSmall Town LifeTrustWorkplace Romance

Synopsis

"A Lauren Blakely book is a guarantee of a good time." --Meghan Quinn, New York Times bestselling author Grumpy meets sunshine with a Hollywood twist in this charming and fun small town romance from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Blakely. I really don't need a bodyguard--I run a small-town lavender farm, for bee's sake! But I'm getting one anyway since my identical twin sister just booked the movie role of a lifetime and it's being shot in my hometown. And guess who my new broody, tattooed protector is? None other than the guy I had a one-night stand with last month. Correction: he's the guy with the wicked mouth and heated eyes who ran out on me before the bang without so much as goodbye. And of course he arrives in my tiny hometown where the film is shooting right in the nick of time to save me from the paparazzi at the market. The coffee shop. The dress shop too. I'm trying hard to stay mad after the third time the sexy jerk rescues me. Maybe just one night would relieve all this tension? But one night turns into another, and then into sharing hearts and secrets that are best locked up. Especially since he's leaving and I'm staying, and there's no way we can be more than a summer romance that ends far too soon.

Tags

Romantic Comedy