First published 2012
Sonnet Romano has built everything she wanted: a dream career, the right boyfriend, and a prestigious fellowship waiting for her signature. Then her mother calls with unexpected news. She's pregnant, and the pregnancy carries serious risks. Sonnet drops everything and returns to Avalon to help her family through the crisis. She plans to leave once her mother recovers, but a devastating medical diagnosis changes everything. Now Sonnet faces an impossible choice between the life she constructed and the family that needs her. Staying in Avalon means working alongside Zach Alger, the award-winning filmmaker who represents her most complicated romantic mistake. As summer unfolds, Sonnet navigates the tension between her ambitions and her heart, discovering what home truly means when everything she thought she wanted hangs in the balance.
Genres: romance, contemporary, contemporary-romance, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, second-chance
Setting: Avalon, Willow Lake
320 pages · Hardcover · MIRA