Throwing in the towel on this one.

The idea sounded promising: writer desperate for a plot for a romance novel gets distracted by her neighbour.

But Sadie is an annoying chatterbox and I can't see the attraction between her and Sam.

I also found her quest to find the owner of a ring she found in a book unbelievable. The ring was in a cut-out in a book in Sadie's little library. To me, it would make sense to find out who left the book in the little library. Sadie (and Sam) however, decides she must find out who last had the book before it was donated in a box to a church library, where it was sold at a rummage sale. If Sadie's right, this would mean that the person who bought the book at the rummage sale did not look into the book before it was put in the little library.

I'm a book lover, I cannot image someone would buy a book at a rummage sale and not look into it. It might have happened if the person specifically bought a book to leave it in a free library. But that doesn't make much sense either.

I might have liked this book better if Sam and Sadie had discussed this flaw in her plan. Alas, they did not. They talked a bit about themselves while waiting for someone that was on holiday to return a phone call.

And then little things start to annoy too, such that except for the burgers Sam once made, he seems to be eating take out all the time. 1) it's a small island, it can't have that many take out places; 2) he's lived on his own for years, hasn't he learned to cook?

My curiosity to find out who the ring belonged to lost out to the dull dialogue between Sam and Sadie.

Definitely could use more pep.

I received an ARC through NetGalley.