The Sweetest Connection

Williams follows The Missed Connection with a delightful friends-to-lovers novella. Writer and hopeless romantic Teagan, a college dropout who now works at an airport sweet shop, has one week before she heads back to school to finish her degree with a semester abroad in Paris. Before she leaves, her best friend, Silas, who works in airline customer service, hopes to strike up enough courage to confess his feelings, though he worries about ruining their relationship. When the pair discover a note left behind on the candy shop floor clearly written by another airport employee and weighing the pros and cons of confessing love to a coworker, they set out on a mission to return the note to its owner, following romantic clues along the way. This adventure may be just the thing to show the pair the benefits of falling in love with one’s best friend. Williams wastes no time, with simple, snappy plotting that flashes forward between past and present to show what’s at stake for both Teagan and Silas. Punchy dialogue, unforgettable characters, and some light, good-natured intrigue make this story one to devour like a box of duty-free truffles. Agent: Sharon Pelletier, Dystel, Goderich & Bourret. (July)