Synopsis

Georgia Stanton returns to her hometown with a shattered heart and an unfinished manuscript in her hands. Her great-grandmother, the legendary writer Scarlett Stanton, left a story without an ending, and now the publisher has assigned Noah Harrison, an arrogant and successful author, to complete it. But as Georgia and Noah unearth the past, they discover that the novel hides a devastating truth. Will they be able to resist the growing magnetism between them, or will the weight of history drag them toward a fate they never imagined?

First Part: Ruins of the Past

Georgia Stanton never thought she would return to Poplar Grove. But there she was, at the Department of Motor Vehicles, waiting to be called to reclaim her name. She was no longer Georgia Ellsworth. No more gold rings on her finger, no more perfect life in New York. Six years of marriage reduced to a bureaucratic process and an article in Celebrity Weekly .

—Number ninety-eight. —Juliet Sinclair’s monotonous voice broke through the murmurs in the room.

Georgia stepped forward with her back straight. Juliet smiled at her with that superiority she had never lost since high school.

—Turn number?

—I’m the only one here.