Laurel Cooper was too busy planning her only daughter's wedding to make time for romance. But the fortysomething widow couldn't ignore the rugged photojournalist who'd appeared on her doorstep to photograph her antebellum home–turned–boarding house. Especially not when they spent so much time together as she gave him tours of other local historic homes. Micah Davidson made himself indispensable, even covering the wedding as a favor for his lovely new landlady. Yet just as Micah was about to propose, a shocking photograph surfaced, turning Laurel's world upside down. Could their love outlast the long–buried secrets from Laurel's past?