Americas favorite writer (The New Yorker) begins a trilogy inspired by the inn she owns and the town she loves. The historic hotel in BoonsBoro Maryland has endured war and peace changing hands even rumored hauntings. Now its getting a major facelift from the Montgomery brothers and their eccentric mother. As the architect of the family Beckett has little time for a social life. But theres another project hes got his eye on: the girl hes been waiting to kiss since he was sixteen. After losing her husband and returning to her hometown Clare Brewster soon settles into her life as the mother of three young sons while running the towns bookstore. Though busy Clare is drawn across the street by Becketts transformation of the old inn wanting to take a closer look...at both the building and the man behind it...