by Jane Green
First published 2016
Emma Montague escapes her privileged British upbringing for Manhattan's financial world, but the relentless pace leaves her empty. She relocates to Westport, Connecticut, renting a rundown cottage from Dominic, a local handyman raising his six-year-old son alone after the boy's mother abandoned them. Emma pours her energy into renovating the cottage while building an unexpected friendship with her grounded neighbor. Dominic represents everything her previous boyfriends were not: present, committed, and devoted to his child. As Emma discovers what home truly means through their growing relationship, she envisions a future as a family unit. Then fate strikes with devastating consequences. Emma must choose between her pattern of running away and fighting for the life she has built. For the first time, she faces the possibility of losing everything she has come to value.
Genres: fiction, romance, contemporary, contemporary-romance, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Britain, Connecticut, Manhattan, Westport
Period: 21st-century
384 pages · Hardcover · Berkley