First published 2015
Stephanie Adams has spent years as a devoted mother in northern California, trapped in a loveless marriage to a successful lawyer. She stays for the children, sacrificing her own dreams and identity. Everything changes during a family ski trip to Squaw Valley when her fifty-two-year-old husband dies without warning. Now alone, Stephanie struggles with grief, loneliness, and the challenge of rediscovering who she is beyond wife and mother. A spontaneous road trip takes her through Las Vegas and the Grand Canyon, where an unexpected encounter transforms everything. She meets Chase Taylor, a country music superstar who introduces her to his glittering Nashville world. Surrounded by music, passion, and possibility, Stephanie begins to emerge as her own person. She faces the complex emotions of leaving her old life behind while her children grieve and her own heart remains conflicted. The bittersweet lyrics and honest rhythms of country music become the soundtrack to her transformation as she learns to embrace an uncertain but authentic future.
Genres: romance, contemporary, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, lyrical
Tropes: found-family, second-chance-romance
Setting: California, Las Vegas, Grand Canyon, Nashville
Period: Contemporary
336 pages · Hardcover · Delacorte Press