Nora Stephens, a hardworking and career-focused literary agent from New York, travels to a small town called Sunshine Falls with her sister Libby for a change of pace. There, she repeatedly crosses paths with Charlie Lastra, a book editor she has a complicated professional history with.
What starts as tension between them slowly turns into understanding and attraction as they spend more time together. At the same time, Nora is forced to confront her intense work focus and her complicated relationship with her sister.
The novel explores love, family, and the contrast between real life and the romantic “book tropes” Nora is used to.