I liked the concept of the book and Lily Whistler's aim to succeed in a place like the Plaza which is complete opposite to what she is used to, even when she is faced with a nemesis who doesn't play fair.

The description of the Plaza and the different stores, shops and the characters inhabiting it as owners/tenants was done well and this could work as a decent made for TV movie. The only thing I would say is that the author could have toned down on the vulgar, sexual conversations and innuendos (or not have them at all) that Allison loves to engage in at any given moment. It would work in a smut novel but this book wasn't smut and felt out of place. The cover picture is pretty.

I received an e-Arc of the book from the publisher Sterling and Stone and the author Harmony Reed via NetGalley.

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐✨💫

This was a very rntertaining book with an easy to follow story line. Lots of full bodied characters. Provocative, funny and very enjoyable.

Lily left Kansas and moved to California to follow her dream. She knew it would be a risk selling only white flowers at her flower shop, La Fleur de Blanc, but she didn't expect another shop in the plaza to try to try to sabotage her.

Slowly but surely, Lily finds her footing as a business owner, and as a person.

The shopping plaza was written so well I could almost picture it. I enjoyed this book, it is a great beach read! Thank you Netgalley and Sterling & Stone for the ARC!

A young woman sets out to make her dream come true. She faces a woman who owns a business in the same upscale mall and is determined to bring down Lily's dream. But Lily has made some allies and and friendships in her short time as a store owner. The background characters are well drawn and I can almost see the shops in this area in my mind's eye. I enjoyed this book more than I thought I would. Will recommend to my patrons.

Lily Whistler has a dream, birthed from the fanciful Parisian memories of her late mother: to open a floral shop called La Fleur de Blanc, selling only white flowers. Back home in Kansas, such a fairy tale notion could never survive … but in the fashionable seaside town of Cielo del Mar, Lily has gambled her inheritance that it will.

This book has so much going for it.
The world building was amazing - I swear I KNEW the little shopping center where Lily set up her shop. I could see the people and the area.
I loved the concept - good versus bad. With another shop owner out to sabotage her, will she survive and how?
I loved the friends she made along the way and wanted to hang out with them myself.

Was it perfect? No. The good people were just so good, and the bad people, just so bad. There was only one character with any shades of grey.

But it was a really enjoyable, lovely escape. And the big test is this: I read a ridiculous amount of books. I also have a poor memory. So I can forget a book the day after I read it. I am writing this review two weeks after I read this book - and I still remember it. It is NOT easily forgettable.