For thirty-one years, Bud has had one week that belongs only to him. Lois has had zero.
Every October, he goes to deer camp. Four hours north. No signal. No interruptions.
Lois packs the cooler, keeps the house running, and makes sure nothing follows him there.
Then she finally does the math.
This year, Lois stops packing.
She books seven days that belong only to her.
But when one ordinary conversation exposes something Bud has let her believe for their entire marriage, Lois realizes the problem was never deer camp.
It was what his untouchable week cost her—and how easily he let her pay it.
A later-in-life marriage-in-crisis romance with a neglected wife, no cheating, an earned grovel, and a hard-won HEA.
