Literary agent Livvie Fox has spent six years watching senior colleagues claim the books she fought for, until her New York agency stakes its survival on one overdue contract.
The author is Ian Rivers, a reclusive bestseller two years past deadline—and Nate, her best friend's older brother, who froze on a Maple Lake dock seven years ago when she told him how she felt.
Livvie returns with Emma's name on her lips and a publisher's deadline that could cost Nate the last house where his sister still feels real.
He does not want her at his door, yet the turning maples, the coming Flannel Festival, and a manuscript he has refused to finish leave them no choice but to work together.
The almost-kiss they left on that dock is asking for a second chance, and this time the story between them will not stay unwritten.
