Markets, Mischief & Mixed Signals

Poppy Kelleher knows exactly how Delaney's harbor market works.

It works because the fishers unload first. Because the flower stalls spread after coffee. Because the bread table always steals more room than assigned. Because the whole beautiful, messy system runs on memory, routine, and the stubborn determination of the people who love it.

So when the town brings in Isabel Shaw-an outsider with a sharp mind, polished confidence, and a mandate to "improve efficiency"-Poppy is ready to hate everything about her.

Unfortunately, Isabel is competent. Calm under pressure. Far too hard to rattle. And beneath all that cool control, she might actually understand more than Poppy wants to admit.

As market tensions rise, new vendors arrive, old loyalties get tested, and the fragile rhythm of the harbor begins to shift. Poppy and Isabel find themselves on opposite sides of every argument that matters-until working against each other starts looking a lot like working together.

In a town where tradition means everything, love might require more than choosing each other. It might mean learning how to protect what matters without refusing what could make it stronger.

Markets, Mischief & Mixed Signals is a warm, witty sapphic small-town romance full of harbor-market chaos, sharp banter, stubborn women, and the kind of chemistry that turns friction into something neither woman can ignore.