Garrett Oliver has just settled into his apprenticeship as heir-apparent to Finn Jannsen, the long-time master gardener at a famed resort in the secluded Smoky Mountains of Tennessee. The stars seem to be aligning for him as Garrett plans his proposal to his visiting college sweetheart, envisioning a simple and loving life together in the mountains. Unfortunately, fate has other plans. Just as Garrett’s dream for a simple future is crashing down around him, he finds lightness in the company of his new boss, Willow Armstrong. Thrown together by their work, an undeniable magnetism grows between them, and Willow finds a subtle but insistent desire to be with Garrett, an almost-complete stranger—and her subordinate. As circumstances insist on pulling them together, Willow and Garrett find that in standing together, they can create a life beyond any they had dared hope for.