The Pajama Girls of Lambert Square by Rosina Lippi

John Dodge finds himself on his way to Lamb's Corner, South Carolina to take over Scriveners, a store that specializes in selling fountain pens and stationary. Dodge likes to move around the country about every two years buying a small business and making it successful before he travels on. In Lamb's Corner's Lambert Square, he meets his new neighbor Julia Darrow, owner of Cocoon, a luxury bedding and sleepwear store. Julia and her many female employees all wear pajamas to work and the store is a hotbed of friendship and gossip. Soon, Dodge and Julia are keeping company together, but can their relationship overcome the baggage they both carry (his need to move on and her past life in Chicago)? The book is also filled with colorful secondary characters like Dodge's and Julia's employees and the other shopkeepers in town. An enjoyable and, at times, quirky read. For readers who enjoy Mary Kay Andrews or the Miss Julia books by Ann B. Ross.