In a Jam

In a Jam opens Kate Canterbary's Friendship, Rhode Island series with Shay Zucconi, a kindergarten teacher left at the altar, who unexpectedly inherits a tulip farm — with one catch: she has to be married within a year to keep it. Noah Barden, meanwhile, has quietly carried a crush on Shay since high school, too shy and awkward at the time to ever say anything. He's now a single dad raising his niece while running the family business.

When Shay returns to their hometown of Friendship, Rhode Island, to claim her inheritance, she and Noah strike a deal: a marriage of convenience that will let her keep the farm and, maybe, give him a second chance he never expected to get. What starts as a practical arrangement quickly gets complicated as old feelings and new responsibilities collide.

Canterbary blends small-town romance with found-family warmth as Shay and Noah navigate a fake-turned-real relationship under the scrutiny of a town that remembers exactly who they used to be.