First published 1945
Byron Forrester comes back to Tyler for his brother Cliff's wedding to Liza. The celebration promises to be elaborate, drawing Byron to a town he visited only once before. Despite tensions with Cliff, Byron welcomes the chance to return. Nora Gates runs Tyler's department store and considers herself settled in spinsterhood. She had one passionate romance that satisfied her curiosity about love, and she expected nothing more. Byron's presence in town destroys her calm existence. The wedding festivities become the backdrop for unexpected attraction between two people who thought they knew what they wanted. Tyler itself emerges as a character, a small American town where individual stories weave together into something larger. Each resident's tale stands alone while contributing to the community's ongoing narrative. Byron and Nora must navigate their growing connection against the backdrop of family obligations and personal assumptions about their futures.
Genres: fiction, romance, contemporary-romance, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, second-chance
Setting: Tyler
224 pages · Hardcover · Polish Library