Almost Perfect

Bestselling author Patricia Rice shares her most treasured novel yet-- a warm and witty romantic journey of a single mother running out of second chances, and the irresistible man who dares her to believe in miracles. . . . Celebrated cartoonist Jared McCloud is plumb out of laughs. So he rents a secluded beach house for the fall to unblock his creative juices--and ends up falling for the reluctant landlady whose beautiful green-eyed glare reads like a "No Trespassing" sign against the world. Cleo Alyssum isn't exactly a recluse, though living on an island and avoiding people aren't the actions of a social butterfly. Cleo simply has more important things to do than to chat with the sexy, artistic, impossibly bullheaded hunk living in her guest house. Yet somehow Jared and his devilish charm inch their way into her life, reaching the warm places her cold exterior cleverly hides. Will Cleo open her heart to a man who falls short of her expectations? After... Desperate to come up with a way to get rid of his creative block, celebrated cartoonist Jared McCloud rents a secluded beach house, only to find himself falling for his reluctant landlady, Cleo Allyssum, who has better things to do than to chat with the stubborn man living temporarily in her guest house