What would it take to turn a fading past into a brighter future? Life back on her old home coast isn't quite as inspiring as Elise Penrose imagined it to be. When she suddenly receives an offer to work on the latest novel by a leading romance author, she seizes the chance with both hands. Yet the job isn't the lift in fortunes Elise expects. The author, Florence Jago, hasn't written a word in months, and her erratic behaviour and bouts of brain fog block any attempts to help her. To top it off, the woman's daughter happens to be none other than Cadence Harrow, Elise's childhood best friend with a lingering resentment around the way things fell apart between them. As questions swarm around the source of Florence's writer's block, her condition takes a turn for the worse, and Elise and Cadence rely on each other like they haven't done in years. But when every move they make opens up old wounds, can their fragile bond survive the weight of the lost years?