Where You're Planted

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"[A] love letter to public librarianship, third spaces, and romance. Recommend to readers who also enjoy Kate Clayborn or Anita Kelly." -Library Journal


"[A] heartfelt tale ... with an authenticity that will resonate with readers. It's a sweet treat." -Publishers Weekly



'[A] delightful rom-com about surviving disaster... Written with delightful chemistry and relatable characters. Fans of Lucy Score and Tessa Bailey will want to dig right into this story' Booklist



"Raw and romantic...Melanie Sweeney's writing is crisp and surprising every time, and she has outdone herself here. Five gigantic stars" Annabel Monaghan


"Delivers so much adversaries-to-lovers perfection that I couldn't put it down until I'd inhaled every single delicious word" Jessica Joyce


"Raw, comforting, and devastatingly tender, Where You're Planted is a gorgeous beating heart of a book...she is undoubtedly one of my new favorite authors" Tarah DeWitt


"Where You're Planted is an instant classic! This book is everything I love about the romance genre. Two imperfect people who work together, who learn to lean on one another, who grow together" Naina Kumar


"Plants have never been sexier...the slow burn of stubbornly independent Tansy and Jack reveling in their need for each other both physically and emotionally is a romance reader's dream" Meredith Schorr


"Joyous, hopeful, and perfectly swoony, Where You're Planted is a pitch perfect love letter to romance, libraries, and finding community amidst unfathomable hardship" Ellie Palmer


"A masterclass in balancing heart with heat! Melanie Sweeney's delicious characters and world made this book impossible to put down" Jessie Rosen


"Hope, heart and heat-Melanie Sweeney delivers her signature trifecta and then some in Where You're Planted...An unmissable, sparkling rivals-to-lovers romance" Katie Naymon


"Where You're Planted is a beautifully moving story of love and community...I didn't want this warm, swoony book to end!" Jamie Harrow