The Story
From Rachel Lacey, author of Learning Curves, comes a tender, hopeful romance about how fate is what youâre given but love is what you choose, and how small sparks can change everything.
Two years after an accident in Manhattan almost claimed her life, Marin is determined to take advantage of her second chance. Sheâs left her husband, her job, even her home to pursue the life sheâs always wanted. Now sheâs teaching statistics at Northshire University and preparing to do something sheâs spent decades dreaming about: date a woman. But the last woman she expects to encounter on her journey is the one sheâs been fantasizing about since their chance encounter the morning Marin nearly died.
Charlotte has made big changes in her life since that fateful day too. Most importantly, sheâs moved back to her Vermont hometown, determined to finally solve the thirty-year-old mystery of her motherâs disappearance. An unexpected, and unexpectedly intense, friendship? That wasnât in the plan. Neither was questioning her sexuality, but the more time Charlotte spends with Marin, the more she realizes her feelings run deeper than friendship.
Surely this would be a disaster, both of them being each otherâs first, except the chemistry between them feels too strong to deny. But as they get to the heart of the mystery, and the heart of who they are, what brought them together just might tear them apart.
Description
From Rachel Lacey, author of Learning Curves, comes a tender, hopeful romance about how fate is what youâre given but love is what you choose, and how small sparks can change everything.
Two years after an accident in Manhattan almost claimed her life, Marin is determined to take advantage of her second chance. Sheâs left her husband, her job, even her home to pursue the life sheâs always wanted. Now sheâs teaching statistics at Northshire University and preparing to do something sheâs spent decades dreaming about: date a woman. But the last woman she expects to encounter on her journey is the one sheâs been fantasizing about since their chance encounter the morning Marin nearly died.
Charlotte has made big changes in her life since that fateful day too. Most importantly, sheâs moved back to her Vermont hometown, determined to finally solve the thirty-year-old mystery of her motherâs disappearance. An unexpected, and unexpectedly intense, friendship? That wasnât in the plan. Neither was questioning her sexuality, but the more time Charlotte spends with Marin, the more she realizes her feelings run deeper than friendship.
Surely this would be a disaster, both of them being each otherâs first, except the chemistry between them feels too strong to deny. But as they get to the heart of the mystery, and the heart of who they are, what brought them together just might tear them apart.
