The Best Laid Plans: A Socially Distanced Thornton Romance

They didn’t plan on falling in love during a pandemic.

Poppy Daley is staying on her parents’ Catmint Gap homestead when the global pandemic traps them abroad. Their chickens and gardens can’t take care of themselves, and Poppy’s job can be done from her laptop.

Disgraced TV writer Nick Cooper is hiding out in a rented cabin up the mountain from the Daley’s property, oblivious to his neighbors until an old friend gets lost dropping off a care package and offends the girl next door, bringing Lilac Lane’s only residents into one another’s orbits.

Poppy and Nick share an instant connection, but masks and social distancing hardly lend themselves to romance…or do they? When the quarantine curveballs keep coming, it’s up to Nick to prove to Poppy that misfortune can only delay the best laid plans.

Poppy Daley is staying on her parents’ Catmint Gap homestead. Disgraced TV writer Nick Cooper is renting a cabin next-door to the Daley’s property, oblivious to his neighbor until a friend gets lost dropping off a care package and offends the girl next door, bringing Lilac Lane’s only residents into one another’s orbits. Masks and social distancing hardly lend themselves to romance…or do they?

THE BEST LAID PLANS takes place inside the Thornton Vermont universe, but can be read as a standalone. It’s a light take on love during lockdown, with mildly explicit and sexual language, but no actual on-page sex. Inside you’ll find:

👧🏻 Curvy girl heroine
🥐 Cinnamon roll (or should I say croissant?) hero
🏘 Small town vibes
🔥 Lust at first sight
❤️‍🔥 Slow burn
💬 Flirty texts
⏳ Antici…………..pation
👩🏻‍❤️‍👨🏻 Neighbors to lovers
🐓 Chickens
❓An itty-bitty mistaken identity
↔️ Semi-forced proximity
👫🏻 Quaran-teammates
❤️‍🔥40ish LIs
🏊 Sexy talk in a mountain swimming hole
😷 Masks and social distancing