Imani Richardson has been heartbroken one too many times. First, by her deceased mother, then by her deteriorating relationship with her older brother, and finally by her unrequited crush. Now, at the ripe age of twenty-seven, she’s supposed to be over it all. Moved on from everything. After all, the grieving period has long since passed. But when she discovers that her brother sold their childhood home to a real estate investment company, Imani is forced to travel back to the one place she tried to leave behind.

It’s supposed to be quick. Uneventful. Easy.

Except the company happens to be owned by the one person she never truly escaped: Caleb Holloway. She’s a walking cliché, and she knows it. Falling in love with her brother’s best friend? That only happens in books and movies, not in real life.

Now she’s trapped between a past she desperately wants to leave behind and a future that beckons to her, unveiling years of buried love and grief. Because the longer she spends with Caleb, the more her walls start to fall, and she questions if maybe things aren’t as one-sided as she thought.

As the cold rages outside and things heat up inside, Imani must decide if her feelings are going to make it past this holiday season or if this is where it ends, once and for all.