After discovering her fiancé tutoring his college student in bed, Marin Beckett is done with love. The only problem? She’s a romance author, and her next novel is way overdue. When her estranged parents come together to offer her an escape to tiny Seasalter, England—the setting of her father’s famous memoir and the last place her family was whole—she seizes the chance to untangle her present from the past. Her mission: clear out their old beach cottage before it’s sold and figure out what comes next.

She doesn’t expect “what comes next” to include Sam Quinn, the charming (and distractingly gorgeous) British actor starring in the TV adaptation of her latest book. And she definitely doesn’t expect to find herself writing steamy scenes inspired by him—scenes that become impossibly complex when she learns his family is grappling with a heart-wrenching loss. As Sam models true loyalty and Seasalter soothes her broken heart, Marin begins to wonder if some love stories are worth the risk.

With warmth, wit, and deep empathy, Love on Paper explores the complexities of family, the courage it takes to love after loss, and the healing power of finding home—even when home turns out to be someone rather than somewhere.