Lavender Loathing - Glen Haven Series, #2

Phoebe is back from New York under somewhat questionable circumstances. She is determined to make the best of a bad situation by taking over the local veterinary clinic and moving into Lilac House with Elsie and Amanda. Her time in Glen Haven gets off to a rocky start when she almost runs over Sam, a charmingly handsome Irishman who runs the local bar. Worse, the current vet is less impressed by her than she had hoped, and isn't convinced she will stick around in Glen Haven.
So she hatches a plan that's so hairbrained it might just work.  Sam is a single dad to the best kid in the world. he is also the owner of the local bar, Tui Tavern, which he bought a few years back with his now ex-wife before everything turned to crap. Christmas is coming and his mum is on his back for him to get out there and find new love. What with Charlie's struggles at school, and things at the bar being far from perfect, he doesn't have the mental energy for his mother's unrealistic expectations.
Then Phoebe nearly runs him over, and continues bowling him over metaphorically in real life. She's sassy, smart, and infuriatingly beautiful. When Sam agrees to pretend to date her, it's just a matter of convenience, nothing more.... On top of everything, there's something strange going on with the werewolves in the neighbouring village. Phoebe didn't even know there were werewolves in Plimmer Valley.
Can she and her new friend get to the bottom of their strange behaviour? Can she convince Mr Quinn to sell her his veterinary clinic? And perhaps trickiest of all, can she fake date Sam without falling for him for real? A witty, insightful, and captivating love story set in our favourite fictional New Zealand smalltown.