She's chasing a story. He's chasing the truth. Neither expects mystery and legend to get personal. When podcast host Ivy Bloom and her co-host roast a bestselling author’s painfully awkward love scene, the clip goes viral overnight. The author, grumpy, reclusive mystery writer Porter Shaw, would rather disappear than relive it. But his publisher has a different idea. Forced into a joint promotion in Porter's hometown of Valentine Falls, Ivy and Porter strike an uneasy she’ll help him write the romance his story lacks, and he’ll give her access to the town’s legendary Heartlight Falls, a local legend wrapped in myth, grief, and unfinished truth. Neither expects to uncover clues to an unsolved cold case, a mystery that has haunted Porter and the town of Valentine Falls for fifteen years. As attraction deepens and secrets surface, Ivy and Porter discover that some mysteries don't just demand to be told... They demand to be felt. A grumpy-meets-sunshine, slow-burn small-town romance where legend, loss, and love collide, and every truth has a heartbeat. Closed-door lots of steam, no spice.