When Clara James inherits her aunt's lakeside cabin in Willow Creek, she plans only a quick visit to pack up and sell. But the cabin holds more than memories—it hides journals filled with her aunt's unspoken secrets of a love she never chose.

And standing on the porch is Ethan Brooks—Clara's childhood best friend, the boy she once loved in silence, and now the caretaker of Willow Lake.

As Clara and Ethan work together to restore the cabin and prepare for the town's summer festival, old feelings resurface beneath starry skies and quiet lakeside mornings. But when a tempting job offer calls Clara back to the city, she must decide: return to the life she left behind, or take a chance on the love—and the home—she's always wanted.