β Scribed by Phaedra Patrick
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**βPatrick blends romance, mystery, and quirkiness to highly entertaining effect.β β**Booklist
βA wonderfully hope-filled story.β βSarah Haywood,New York Timesbestselling author ofThe Cactus
A single father gets an unexpected second chance at love in the heartwarming new novel from the author ofThe Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper
Itβs summer in the city and passions are soaring along with the temperatureβfor everyone but Mitchell Fisher, who hates all things romance. He relishes his job cutting off the padlocks that couples fasten to the famous βlove storyβ bridge. Only his young daughter, Poppy, knows that behind his prickly veneer, Mitchell still grieves the loss of her mother.
Then one hot day, everything changes when Mitchell courageously rescues a woman who falls from the bridge into the river. Heβs surprised to feel an unexpected connection to her, but she disappears before he can ask her name. Desperate to find out her identity, Mitchell is shocked to learn sheβs been missing for almost a year. He teams up with her spirited sister, Liza, on a quest to find her again. However, sheβs left only one clue behindβa message on the padlock she hung on the bridge.
Brimming with Phaedra Patrickβs signature charm and a sparkling cast of characters,The Secrets of Love Story Bridgefollows one manβs journey to unlock his heart and discover new beginnings in the unlikeliest places.
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