A young woman with a little girl's dream ... and an adversary determined to crush her before she stands a chance. 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. At first, the lavish Palms Couture shopping center seems like the perfect place to start again. The weather is beautiful; the vistas of the ocean are breathtaking; the customers are elegant and wealthy. There are even two men who'd suit Lily's fancy if she had time for romance: charming Len, who operates a fine food cart, and the dark and brooding Matthew Vitale, who runs Bella by the Sea -- an elite restaurant that hosts only a few couples per night at an exorbitant price. But the one thing Lily didn't anticipate was a nemesis: Kerry Barrett Kirby, who owns an upscale furniture store across the courtyard. Kerry seems determined to crush Lily for a reason Lily can't imagine ... and has the power and connections at the Palms Couture to make it happen. Lily only has one chance to make her shop work -- a tall feat, considering the prior shops Kerry has driven out of business, and the way the Palms always bows to Kerry's will. But Lily's charm has bought her a handful of unlikely allies ... and as Kerry will find out, quiet little Lily Whistler has more than a few country girl tricks up her sleeve.
