Flora, Finally

When an aspiring Broadway singer gets a chance to co-write a musical with a theatre legend, she takes it—even if it means lying about who she really is—in this simmering romance by USA Today bestselling author Ashley Herring Blake.


Flora Quinn has lived in the shadow of her twin sister, Briony, her entire life. Despite pursuing the same musical goals with near identical talent, it’s Briony’s career that took off, while Flora was left waiting tables and failing auditions. Then Briony asks her to tag along on her latest opportunity: co-writing with Tony Award-winning legend Devon Foster at her beach house for the summer. But Briony bails just as Flora pulls up to the house, and suddenly Devon Foster is in front of her, ready to work with her—her twin, that is. If it’s Briony she wants . . . then a little lie to make this summer gig happen is worth the risk.

Devon Foster is a genius, and she has the awards to prove it. Now, though, she’s trying to get to know the daughter she gave up for adoption twenty years ago, and all the drama that’s cropped up in her own personal life doesn’t leave much drama for the stage. So when her agent suggests a co-writer, she reluctantly agrees. But rising star Briony Quinn isn’t at all what Devon expected. She’s talented, yes, but clearly unprepared—still, there’s something about her that’s inexplicably irresistible.

As the summer drifts by and Flora falls deeper into her lie, they soon discover that the musical they’re writing together isn’t the only thing simmering with tension. . .

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