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Old Flames and New Fortunes

(2024)
(The first book in the Moonville series)
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'Hilarious, cosy, devastatingly romantic . . . a brilliant, magic-filled exploration of second chances' Sarah Adler


A steamy, riotous second-chance romance about a magical florist's unexpected reunion with her high school sweetheart, while she fake dates his soon-to-be stepbrother . . . from the bestselling author of
You Deserve Each Other

The small, magical town of Moonville is the perfect place for flora fortunist Romina Tempest to expand her shop, where she uses the language of flowers to help the hopeful manifest their love lives. After giving up on her own big romance many years ago, at least she can bask in the promise of others'.

So when the shop's potential financier shares news of his wedding, Romina jumps at the opportunity to discuss helping the business . . . even if it means she has to fake-date her chaotic colleague Trevor to get an invitation. But all hell breaks loose when she discovers Trevor's soon-to-be stepbrother is none other than Alex King: her high school sweetheart. Her greatest love. The boy who, eleven years ago, broke her heart.

What starts as an innocent misunderstanding becomes a week-long fake-dating scheme, as Romina resolves to make Alex pay for breaking her heart. The only issue? She can't deny their still-burning connection. Caught between showing Alex what he lost and coming clean and risking her business, Romina must decide whether giving Alex another chance means going back on herself, or finally releasing her hold on the past.

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With her brilliant twists on magic and romance, Sarah Hogle does it again!' Ashley Poston

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Heartwarming and utterly enchanting' Sarah Grunder Ruiz

'Gorgeous, heartfelt, and romantic to the very last word' Lana Harper

'Laugh-out-loud wit, wonderfully tender romance, and lovable characters . . . Sarah Hogle is a romcom genius, and Old Flames and New Fortunes is perfection' India Holton

'This story has my entire heart with its flowery magic and loveable and absolutely hilarious characters' Zoulfa Katouh

'A delightfully magical second-chance romance' Library Journal (starred review)




Genre: Romance

Praise for this book

"My goodness - I fell so hard and so fast for this hilarious, cozy, devastatingly romantic story! Old Flames and New Fortunes is a brilliant, magic-filled exploration of second chances and what it means to open up your heart again. It may just be my favorite Sarah Hogle book yet." - Sarah Adler

"Old Flames and New Fortunes is as perfectly, bewitchingly constructed as one of Romina Tempest's magical bouquets. This story reads like a spell, one that compels you to move to Moonville, Ohio and become a Tempest sister, or at least one of their coven. Gorgeous, heartfelt, and romantic to the very last word." - Lana Harper

"I can't get enough of Sarah Hogle's impeccable writing. This book took possession of my whole heart with its laugh-out-loud wit, wonderfully tender romance, and lovable characters, including the most swooningly quotable hero. Sarah Hogle is a romcom genius, and Old Flames and New Fortunes is perfection." - India Holton

"Whatever Hayao Miyazaki is eating and drinking, Sarah Hogle is eating and drinking it as well. Or else how can you explain the magic that exudes from each word she writes? . . . I am a Sarah Hogle fan first, human second. And this story has my entire heart with its flowery magic and loveable and absolutely hilarious characters." - Zoulfa Katouh

"With her brilliant twists on magic and romance, Sarah Hogle does it again! Filled with all my favorite tropes, Old Flames and New Fortunes captures the magic of first love and the whimsy of a second chance." - Ashley Poston

"Heartwarming and utterly enchanting, Old Flames and New Fortunes had me under its spell from page one. Hogle grounds the story with real emotional weight while letting her fantastical elements flourish, and the result is nothing short of magical and testament to the idea that, although life might not turn out the way we plan, there's always room for hope, love, and miracles." - Sarah Grunder Ruiz


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