First published 2022
Colby Mills runs a small family farm in North Carolina, his musical dreams buried after a personal tragedy. He takes a single gig at a Florida bar, seeking temporary escape from his responsibilities. There he meets Morgan Lee, a music school graduate from Chicago who plans to pursue stardom in Nashville. Their connection runs deep, both romantically and musically, in ways neither has experienced before. As they fall in love during one transformative week, Colby questions whether his sense of duty must define his entire future. Meanwhile, hundreds of miles away, Beverly flees her abusive husband with her six-year-old son. Money dwindling and threats looming, she makes a desperate choice in a remote small town. Her decision will reshape everything she believed about her life. Fate connects these three people across the miles, forcing each to confront whether dreams of a better future can overcome the burdens they carry from their past.
Genres: romance, literary-fiction, contemporary-romance, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Chicago, Florida, Nashville, North Carolina
Period: contemporary
367 pages · Hardcover · Random House
Content warnings: abuse, domestic-violence