Shaw is a corporate bigwig who decides to chuck everything (at least for awhile) and go back to the only place that's ever felt like home to her, Cooper's Creek in North Carolina.

Kate is also going through some change in her life. She's a teacher in Cooper's Creek who is taking some time off to help her Mom who is getting up there in age and needs more care since she had a stroke. She also moves in with her Mom.

The two women bump into each other in the general store, and while as kids they knew each other (Kate's older sister is Shaw's age), they hadn't had a lot of time together as adults. But, soon, through a confluence of events they start getting closer. But, Shaw's plan is to go back to her corporate life, and so there's that push and pull.

I really liked the characters, but, my favorite part of the book was how tightly it was plotted. There was stuff at the end that directly referred to stuff from the beginning, and that doesn't always happen in the novels I've read. Very cool!

I was given this ARC by Netgalley on behalf of Bold Strokes Books. ( )