Sawyer Nielsen has spent too much of her life running from the version of herself her mother wanted her to be. With no father in the picture, she was forced to navigate her way to maturity without the unconditional love of either of her parents-a truth that has left her a little lost. But a few weeks following her thirty-first birthday, six years after her mother's passing, the identity of her father is unveiled in the most unexpected way.When she learns she's been bequeathed a bookshop in London, England, Sawyer embarks on a chapter of her life she never saw coming.Rory Collins has poured himself into his family's local pub for all of his adult life. He's worked hard to evolve the place in order to keep up with the times, but he's been dreaming of an expansion for years. When the owner of the bookshop next door passes away, and the son he left behind offers to sell him the building, Rory believes his dream will finally become a reality-until he finds out there's a new owner in town.The woman next door proves to be a hindrance both aggravatingly beautiful and equally charming.Much as he wants her to leave, Rory finds he doesn't want to see her go, a confounding reality that wears on his resolve, leaving him with tattered edges.