Finding Stardust (Hollywood by the Sea)

She's looking for a hero-for her next book. He wants to be left alone. Will either of them get their wish?

Novelist Clara Barnes has a serious case of writer's block now that her sister-and longtime muse-is about to be married. She is also actively avoiding a family secret that recently came to light.

Brax Holt is in town for his brother's wedding and has zero plans to stay a minute longer than required.

When Clara meets the irascible Brax, her sister's new brother-in-law, she's intrigued by what's simmering beneath his gruff exterior. He could be the hero of the story she's been looking for.

But Brax isn't a fan of Clara's incessant questions and carefully sidesteps them-until a freak accident upends his plans to escape Hollywood by the Sea at the earliest opportunity.

As they are forced to spend a month as neighbors, will Clara and Brax finally find peace with their pasts ... and a surprise love along the way?

Finding Stardust is an inspirational contemporary romance with a fanciful nod to yesterday.