The Courtship of Camellia

Floral artist extraordinaire Camellia Harris considers herself an expert in everything flowers, from baby showers to funeral arrangements and aconites to zinnias. While she's crafted beautiful wedding bouquets for famous brides, though, her own happily ever after remains elusive. After all, fairy tale endings aren't scripted for fat girls with disabilities. Eric Grady was the best dang high school quarterback Westfield, Texas had ever seen. He followed that with a record-setting college career and a first round pick in the NFL draft, but a devastating injury and subsequent addiction to prescription pain meds cut his pro career short. Now Eric is attempting a comeback of sorts—not on the gridiron, but as an emcee and speaker at corporate events and conferences. In the land of palm trees and flamingos for a home and garden show, romance is the last thing on Camellia's mind—and what is her former high school crush doing speaking at a conference on flowers? When a night of wine and reminiscing follows, Camellia is determined to dismiss it as nothing more than a one-night stand, but Eric has other ideas and sets out to achieve his greatest comeback yet—courting the fun and quirky florist.