They’re meant for each other. They just don’t know it yet. At seventeen, Eve Parker’s heart betrayed her. She was thrust into life as a single mother, but she learned a lesson: Love wasn’t for her. Life became all about raising her daughter, but now that her daughter is starting college, Eve’s world is shifting. Dylan Vaughan can’t remember when he didn’t love Eve—but always from afar. In high school, he mustered the courage to tell her, but it was too late. Eve’s life veered off course, so he buried his feelings. Now fate has brought them together. The timing is right, the heart-pounding attraction is there, but the wounds of the past pose an impossible hurdle. Some say there’s safety in numbers, but these two feel safer alone. A future together looks hopeless until Eve’s loyal, somewhat quirky, and decidedly goal-oriented friends intervene. They all agree that Eve and Dylan belong together, so it’s up to them to make it happen. There’s just the slight matter of how. In the small coastal town of Pine Harbor, Eve’s autumn has changes in store.