Patio Lanterns (The Blue Canoe Cottage, #1)

Three sisters, one cottage, and a secret that could upend everything—welcome to Lake Whippoorwill, where love and chaos go hand in hand.

Robin, the impulsive youngest of the Pelletier sisters, arrives at the family cottage to scatter their mother’s ashes on the lake they once called their second home. Living out of a rusty van as the merch queen for a band on the verge of collapse, Robin is the first to show up with her stinky three-legged dog—and no cottage key in sight. With nowhere else to go, she ends up passing time with Rick, the rugged, older, neighbour-next-door quietly licking his wounds after being forced into early retirement. One unforgettable night together leaves Robin’s life even more tangled, while Rick begins to wonder what his second act might look like now that Robin’s whirlwind energy has crashed into his lakeside solitude.

When Robin’s sisters arrive and threaten to put her inheritance in trust until she proves she’s outgrown her reckless ways, Robin vows to organize a last-minute memorial to show she's changed. The only problem? She can’t get Rick out of her head—or stay out of his bed—even after discovering he’s the estranged father of her teenage crush, who’s suddenly back in her life. Reckless doesn't even begin to cover it.

As Robin scrambles to juggle runaway dogs, a secret fling, and out-of-control memorial plans, she’s determined to prove she’s responsible—no matter how messy things get. She’s totally, one hundred percent got it all under control. Really.