He Loves Me Not

Books

Sumi is on top of the world. Well, as on top as one can be after learning a relative one never met has died, leaving one a small fortune. Deciding the unexpected windfall is a sign she needs to follow her dreams, quitting her job, moving to aspirational Cambric Creek and opening a flower shop is the obvious move. Definitely not just a midlife crisis. Applying for franchise ownership with a giant flower conglomerate seems like a piece of cake - they provide the equipment, the distribution contracts, and all she needs to do is front the money and live happily ever after. There's only one catch . . . she didn't realize chasing after her dream might cause someone else to lose hold of their own. Ranar never wanted to inherit the family business. There's an enormous pressure to keep his family business going - started by his grandfather, passed to his father, and now to him. Pressure as a non-human business, pressure as the grandson of an immigrant, pressure as the eldest son . . . but as it is, brick and ...