Flourish By the Night

Name: Flourish By the Night
Author: Laura Foley

75 pages

Áine is a live-in employee at a Dublin B&B where when not serving guests under the guise of her prim form, she moonlights as a free-spirited feminist looking for a good book or occasionally—a better one-night-stand.

Fionn is a recovering gambling addict hoping to start fresh after spending time in rehab. A stark opposite to Áine, he’s an optimist who believes anything is possible—even falling in love over a single night.

When Fionn walks into Áine’s run-down B&B on a rainy night, six years since their disastrous last meeting in school, they don’t even remember each other. That is until Fionn gets locked out of his room, and they’re forced to spend the night together. As the memories come rushing back, good and bad, conversations of their difficult childhoods and new ambitions quickly take a backseat to resurfacing feelings. But just as Áine considers this being their second chance, Fionn admits he’s emigrating to Australia come morning. It’s ‘right person, wrong time’ all over again.

With daylight fast approaching, Fionn begins to fear tonight might not be enough, while Áine worries her inability to be vulnerable will ruin the one night they do have.

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