Darling Springs · Book 1
It Seemed Like a Good Idea
- Published
- 3 March 2026
- Pages
- 432
- ISBN-13
- 9781464228834
- Type
- novel
About this book
It Seemed Like a Good Idea (3 March 2026, Cosmo Reads) opens the Darling Springs series: lavender-farm owner Ripley is assigned a bodyguard while her twin sister films a movie in town, and the bodyguard turns out to be Banks, the man she nearly went home with a month earlier. It's the series starting point, followed by I've Got a Crush on You.
Its place in Darling Springs
It Seemed Like a Good Idea is book 1 in the Darling Springs series. It is followed by I've Got a Crush on You. See the full Darling Springs reading order.
Darling Springs is Lauren Blakely's small-town rom-com series, launched in 2026 with It Seemed Like a Good Idea : lavender-farm owner Ripley gets an unwanted bodyguard -- Banks, the guy she nearly went home with a month earlier -- when her movie-star twin sister comes to film in town. Book two, I've Got a Crush on You , moves to dog trainer Chloe and doggy-daycare owner Sawyer, a workplace romance that starts with a one-night stand neither expected to see again. Each entry is a standalone couple set in the same…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781464228834
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781464255564