Tahira in Bloom

Life is full of surprises in a winning novel about a girl dreaming big during one unexpected small-town summer. When seventeen-year-old aspiring designer Tahira Janmohammads coveted fashion internship falls through, her parents have a Plan B. Tahira will work in her aunts boutique in the small town of Bakewell, the flower capital of Ontario. Its only for the summer, and shell get the experience she needs for her college application. Plus her best friend is coming along. It wont be that bad. But she just cant deal with Rowan Johnston, the rude, totally obsessive garden-nerd next door with frayed cutoffs and terrible shoes. Not to mention his sharp jawline, smoldering eyes, and soft lips. So irritating. Rowan is also just the plant-boy Tahira needs to help win the Bakewell flower-arranging contestan event that carries clout in New York City, of all places. And with designers, of all people. Connections that she needs! No one is more surprised than Tahira to learn that floral design is almost as great as fashion design. And Rowan? Turns out hes more than ironic shirts and soil under the fingernails. Tahiras about to find out what shes really made ofand made for. Because here in the middle of nowhere, Tahira is just beginning to bloom.