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Philippa Flynn's Year of Panic and Piracy
Paperback
Publisher Price: $16.99
ISBN13: 9781662539336
Publisher: Lake Union Publishing
Published: Sep 1 2026
Pages: 299
Weight: 0.69
Height: 0.83 Width: 5.54 Depth: 8.43
Language: English
An introverted history professor and a former romance cover model collaborate on a life-changing endeavor in a witty and swoonworthy novel about new beginnings in unexpected waters.
When a sinkhole nearly swallows her whole, burned-out history professor Philippa Flynn takes it as a wake-up call. Leaving her carefully planned but unfulfilling life behind, she moves into an old seaside house she inherited from her grandmother, a bestselling author of swashbuckling romances. Philippa expects the clutter, disrepair, proximity to the family she deliberately moved away from, and reclusive writer she'll be sharing the house with. She doesn't expect that writer to also be the cover model who personified Iris Flynn's bare-chested, cavalier-booted pirate king.
While navigating their awkward cohabitation and searching for creative inspiration, the pair discovers the outlines for six more novels they could work on together. But Philippa's used to facts, Dylan has writer's block, and neither can craft a love scene while real sparks are flying.
To write the story on the page, Philippa will have to embrace the one she's living, even if it means swapping tenure for treasure maps and plans for pirate kings.
(c) 2026 by Jacqueline Firkins, all rights reserved.
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