
Harriet expected a soft-landing vacation: one week in a beloved Maine cottage with the friends who raised her, just long enough to breathe between brutal hospital shifts. Instead, she walks into a surprise—her ex-fiancé Wyn, the only person she can’t be cool around, is waiting with a kiss for an audience that doesn’t know they’ve split. They agree to fake it so their friends can have a perfect goodbye to the home that made them a family. But pretending is fuel on old embers. As nostalgia collides with hard truths, Harriet must choose between a life that looks right and a life that feels right. This is a warm, funny, aching story about love, friendship, and the moment you stop organizing your life around other people’s expectations—and finally come home to yourself.