When caregiver Faith McCallum arrives at the enchanted lakeside property of Avalon’s renowned Bellamy family members, she’s intent on rebuilding her shattered lifestyle and offering her two daughters an opportunity at an improved future. But she encounters a formidable challenge by means of her persistent and difficult new company, Alice Bellamy. While Beliefs proves a worthwhile match for her sharp-tongued client, she often finds herself at a loss for terms in the presence of Mason Bellamy-Alice’s charismatic boy, who obviously about Starlight on Willow Lake longs to flee the family members mansion and return to his fast-paced, fascinating life in Manhattan…and his beautiful, jet-setting fiancee.

The final place Mason wants to be is a remote town in the Catskills, far from his existence in the city, and Faith McCallum is meant to be the main element to his escape. Hiring the gentle-hearted yet strong-willed caregiver as a live-in nurse provides his mom companionship and Mason the freedom to come back to his no-attachments regular. For Faith, it means stability for her daughters and a much-needed new home. When Trust makes a chilling breakthrough about Alice’s accident, Mason is forced to reconsider his desire to maintain everyone, including his mother, at a distance. Now he discovers himself wondering if the supercharged existence he’s created for himself is exactly what he truly desires…and whether exploring his history might lead to a fresh life-and enduring love-on the tranquil shores of Willow Lake.

“Susan Wiggs writes with bright assurance, humor and compassion.” -LUANNE RICE