At sixteen, Marigold Sherwood thought she'd love Brian Hawkins forever. Only things didn't turn out the way they planned. Twelve years--and several heartbreaks--later, the burnt-out CEO had come back to Hawk's Lake to figure out her future. That future didn't include Brian, now an irresistibly attractive and ambitious man who reignited a bittersweet passion. He wanted to pick up where they'd left off...and Mari was ready to put down stakes right there, but Brian longed to escape his small town. Unless she could convince him that love wasn't a place but a state of heart...