Louisa Walsh emerged from a tumultuous childhood with a degree in counseling, a wealthy boyfriend, and her sunny outlook on life mostly intact. But that optimism is tested when she’s dumped and left unable to afford rent on their gorgeous house in the mountains of Colorado. Even with her life in disarray, Lou knows losing the one stable place she’s ever called home is not an option.

She asks her reclusive landlord, Henry Rhodes, to let her stay for free in exchange for renting out the house’s many rooms as a bed-and-breakfast. She’s shocked when he agrees to her terms, and even more surprised to discover Henry is a handsome thirtysomething veterinarian with silver at his temples and sadness in his eyes. One who does not take it well when Lou starts marketing her B and B as a retreat for the recently heartbroken.

But as the Comeback Inn opens its doors to its weary, hopeful guests, Lou and Henry find themselves dancing around both their undeniable connection and the closely held secrets that threaten to topple this fragile new start. A chance at love, here, could be too close to home…or it could be exactly where their hearts finally heal.

This book contains mentions of the death of a child.

Heartbreak sucks. But getting to run a cozy bed-and-breakfast with help from your sexy landlord might just make it bearable. The Heartbreak Hotel will break your heart, then mend it in this swoon-worthy romance about two shattered people learning to love again.

At the start of the story we meet Lou, recently cheated on and dumped by her superstar boyfriend. Despite being hurt by the breakup, Lou’s heartbreak truly lies in the thought of not being able to afford to keep their beautiful house, the first place she has ever truly called home. When her landlord, Henry, shockingly agrees to her desperate plan of turning the house into a bed-and-breakfast, Lou decides to create a haven for those like herself, the brokenhearted. But as they work side-by-side on the new hotel, Lou and Henry begin to imagine a future where they both can heal together.

The Heartbreak Hotel doesn’t shy away from the messiness of grief or the awkwardness of starting over, but instead leans into it with warmth, wit, and just the right amount of steam. This is a romance for anyone who believes that love isn’t just something you fall into—it’s something you rebuild, brick by brick, muffin by muffin, morning coffee by morning coffee. Trust me, you’ll want to check into this hotel and never leave.