Travel blogger Lila Moore comes to Midwinter, Montana, desperate for quiet and a reset she can't seem to give herself. She plans to rest, breathe, and leave.
Evan Drake has built his life around steadiness. As the lodge's handyman, he knows how to keep things running when the weather turns and how to stay out of the way when guests arrive carrying their own storms.
When a blizzard cuts off the mountain roads, Lila and Evan find themselves sharing long, snowbound days and firelit nights. In the stillness, small moments begin to matter-shared coffee, easy laughter, a candlelit dinner after the power flickers out. The kind of closeness neither of them was looking for, and neither wants to name too quickly.
But when the storm breaks and the world comes rushing back, Lila must decide whether returning to the life she escaped will cost her the quiet connection she never expected to find. And Evan has to decide whether hoping for more is worth the risk of losing it.
