First published 2011
Thayer Wentworth found her truest self at Camp Sherwood Forest in the North Carolina mountains. The tomboyish girl thrived in the wilderness and fell hard for Nick Abrams, who would become her first love and first betrayal. Years later, Thayer marries Aengus, an Irish professor, and they settle into her late grandmother's Atlanta home. Their quiet contentment shatters when Aengus accepts an invitation to tell stories at nearby Camp Edgewood on Burnt Mountain, the same area where Thayer's father died in a car accident. As her husband spends more time away from home and grows increasingly distant, Thayer realizes she must face the buried truths that have shaped her life. The revelations about her mother's past, her teenage romance with Nick, and her husband's current behavior force Thayer to confront the lies that have defined her relationships and her understanding of herself.
Genres: romance, literary-fiction, contemporary, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, second-chance
Setting: Atlanta, Burnt Mountain, Camp Edgewood, Camp Sherwood Forest, North Carolina
Period: Present Day
325 pages · Hardcover · Grand Central Publishing