Forty-something, single mom Julianne Thomas is ready to move forward with a life she’s put on hold since the tragic accident that took her husband’s life two years ago. First on her to-do list: make use of that interior design degree. Not on her list: fight her attraction to the gorgeous, young contractor whose house she’s designing.
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Ryan Coulter doesn’t have a list, and he doesn’t have time for distractions–especially since he’s recently moved back to Dunham, Vermont to rebuild his life after a crushing betrayal. But as Julianne puts the pieces of his house together, she also rebuilds his shattered heart.
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As their relationship deepens, love takes Ryan and Julianne by surprise… until they discover the heart-wrenching link that binds them. Will the revelation destroy them, or will Ryan and Julianne seize their second chance at love?
As a foster kid, Sylvie Abbott escaped her lonely world by reading about faraway places and dreaming of globe-trotting adventures. But at thirty-three, the closest she's come to fulfilling her dreams is teaching international students at New England's elite Garner Academy. And lately, the ivy-clad campus feels like a fishbowl about to crack. That's why Sylvie's pinning all her hopes on the Young Hastings Award. The year-long paid fellowship would whisk her away from paper-thin walls, impossible-to-please parents, and a clueless headmaster. That is unless she loses to her back-stabbing colleague who's intent to sabotage Sylvie's chances.
Complicating matters is Sylvie's unwelcome attraction to her student's enigmatic guardian, Chris Yoo. She doesn't need the distraction and with Chris' brother on the fellowship voting committee, she doesn't need the bad optics ruining her chances. Yet their paths keep crossing, and the more time Sylvie spends with Chris, the harder it is to keep a lid on her feelings. All roads are converging in Sylvie's life, and she's forced to determine what she wants most. Maybe if she leans in and opens her heart, she'll discover life's greatest adventure awaits her.
