Sunscreen & Coconuts - Paperback

Mercy Lewis likes order-lesson plans, to-do lists, and predictable routines. As a first-grade teacher in Boston, she's built a life that's safe, sensible, and comfortably small. So when her outspoken best friend Lacy convinces her to spend Christmas on the island of Curaçao, Mercy expects little more than sunburns and awkward small talk with strangers.

Then she meets Kate Emerson.

An American expat with sun-bleached hair and a permanent tan, Kate has spent the last seven years trading Boston winters for Caribbean heat. She's confident, flirtatious, and far too good at making Mercy forget every reason she's sworn off taking risks-especially the romantic kind.

Between coral reefs, late-night rumrunners, and too many near-misses to be coincidence, Mercy's carefully guarded heart starts to thaw. But when the vacation ends, so do the easy excuses.

From Boston's snow to Curaçao's white sands, Sunscreen & Coconuts is a funny, heartfelt slow-burn romance about stepping out of your comfort zone and finding love in the last place you expect it.