After years of putting her family first, Genevieve Prentice is making a fresh start—but it’s never easy to leave the past behind. Widowed young, Genevieve Prentice dedicated her life to raising her four children. Now, though, they’re all grown and scattered to the wind, and Genevieve is ready for a change. In a flash of inspiration, she puts her home on the market and heads to Lake in the Clouds, Colorado, to renovate a rustic waterfront lodge with her sister. But just as they begin, Genevieve gets the shock of a lifetime: the arrival of her son. Jake Prentice built a career out of being dependable, one that left him perennially stressed and overworked. Finally heeding his mother’s words of wisdom, he’s quit his job and is ready to find out what truly makes him happy. And now, as he stands surrounded by open sky and fresh, pine-scented air, he’s got no regrets . . . until former colleague Tess Crenshaw appears at the lake, forcing him to reassess what—and who—he really wants. As they work together to renovate the lodge, Genevieve and Jake embark on a heartfelt and inspiring journey to learn about themselves, each other, and the true meaning of family.

Return to Lake in the Clouds, Colorado, with this feel-good, emotional story from New York Times bestselling author Emily March! Genevieve Prentice is learning to let go. Now settled in Lake in the Clouds, Colorado, forging new relationships with her adult children. She’s even opening up her heart to a handsome widower, for the first time since her husband’s death. But when her estranged eldest daughter moves to Lake in the Clouds, Genevieve’s life is upended once again. Willow Eldridge has numerous reasons to move to Lake in the Clouds. Regaining the close relationship she and her mother once shared is just one of them. But as much as she wants to explain to Genevieve why she’s pushed her away all these years, her first priority is her troubled young son. And when he forms a connection with a town resident with scars of his own, Willow can’t decide if he’s the answer to her prayers . . . or just another mistake waiting to happen. With Genevieve’s sixtieth birthday drawing near, mother and daughter struggle to reconnect, and Genevieve worries if Willow will ever let go of her doubts and fears to become the courageous woman she’s always known her to be. But that’s the beauty of Lake in the Clouds—there, beneath its clear blue skies, anything seems possible.

Return to "a brilliant writer you'll love" (Susan Mallery) in this romantic women's fiction novel, where an unexpected wedding reveals family secrets, rocking the lives of the Prentice family! When young bride-to-be Zoey Hillcrest chooses the newly refurbished Inn at Mirror Lake for her destination wedding, life in the small Rocky Mountain town will never be the same for Genevieve Prentice and her sister Helen McDaniel. A chance run-in after Zoey’s arrival turns the sisters' worlds upside down as they discover a family secret and a niece they never existed. What follows is nothing short of a broken engagements, family betrayal, a secret baby, and second chances at love. Blindsided by revelations that no one had anticipated, Zoey, Helen, and Genevieve must make peace with the past—and one another—in order to reach for the dream the future has to offer.