A grumpy burnt out physician and a sunshine psychologist must fake an engagement to save his
whitewater canoeing relationship therapy startup in Maggie North's sparkling second novel
about starting over. Burned-out former ER doc Stellar J Byrd can solve any crisis except her
own life. But with her financial prospects dwindling she'd do anything to stay in her beloved
pricey wilderness town-even take a job as a camp physician at The Love Boat an unspeakably
touchy-feely whitewater canoeing relationship therapy startup. If there are sing-alongs she's
calling in sick. What's worse? The founder is Lyle "McHuge" McHugh the sunshiny psychologist
she's masterfully avoided since their disastrous hookup last year. Hardheaded relationship
bean-counter Stellar plans to dodge his pathological generosity from now until September but
after a scathing article puts McHuge's credibility into question the two are forced into a
fake engagement to salvage the camp's crumbling public image. It's strictly business . . . but
the more closely they work together the more Stellar realizes her feelings for Lyle are
anything but professional. This summer is nothing like Stellar expected but could it be
exactly what she needed? With a colorful cast of camp-goers including a journalist intent on
bringing The Love Boat down and an estranged celebrity sibling plus a dash of corporate
espionage Maggie North's signature heart and heat shine in The Ripple Effect.
