Amelia had exactly seventeen good reasons why working with Jonathan Fontaine was a terrible idea. Unfortunately, none of them mattered when her mother's financial security depended on her landing the job she desperately needed.

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Five years ago, he ghosted her without explanation. Now she's a widow renovating a mysterious Pacific Northwest estate, and Jonathan just became her project partner on a high-stakes corporate merger. Between her survivor guilt and his reasons for disappearing, they're forced into the kind of proximity that makes forgetting impossible and forgiveness... complicated.

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But when fake dating becomes their solution to separate problems—and century-old journals hidden in the estate start revealing unexpected wisdom about love and second chances—the line between pretense and reality starts to blur. Amelia discovers that sometimes the scariest risk isn't falling in love again. It's admitting you never really fell out of it.

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A heartwarming second-chance romance about healing from loss, finding hope in unexpected places, and risking it all for the love that got away. Perfect for readers who love emotional depth balanced with humor, atmospheric settings, and satisfying happily-ever-afters.