
Hallie Welch is a chaotic, big-hearted gardener fighting to keep an old-school wine bar from being overshadowed by a flashy newcomer. Julian Vos is a famously structured history professor home to write a novel in his family’s vineyard guesthouse. Their first meeting involves three dogs, a gopher, and a hose—and it only gets wilder from there. Hallie’s impulsive streak and Julian’s need for order spark an attraction neither can ignore. Then the secret admirer letters begin appearing on his running path. As pranks, wine festivals, and late-night confessions pull them closer, past traumas and carefully built routines threaten to tear them apart. Tessa Bailey’s Secretly Yours is a warm, funny, and spicy romance about learning to love the whole person—their quirks, their coping tools, and their history. It’s a story of choosing each other, even when life feels out of control.