At forty, Amanda Grayson had a happy marriage, a beautiful home, and a successful career-until she didn't. Starting over at this point in her life was the last thing she expected to be doing. That's when she discovers a once-grand historic house that takes on a talismanic power the moment she sees it. The nearly two-hundred-year-old, abandoned brick manor, surrounded by the crests of Virginia's old Blue Ridge Mountains, calls to her. It needs saving-and she wants to save it-but how?
That's also when she finds herself in the middle of an improbable attraction at work. As emotions evolve, Amanda realizes she is either in the safest relationship imaginable, or she has taken a course that could destabilize her career and what's left of her heart. Either way, she senses whatever is happening is key to helping her regain her devastated vivacity, but at what cost?