Jessica Mason is grieving over her husband and daughter, lost to a car accident; coming to terms with fissures in her marriage that existed before her husband passed away; and pregnant. She works from home, so is able to successfully seclude herself while she mourns.
Ridley Chesterfield is hiding out for reasons of his own. Mired in a rumored political scandal, he flees to Hope Springs to live in solitude in the house beside Jessica's. He cuts off all communication with the outside world, and plans to keep it that way, at least until the truth of the scandal comes out and his name is cleared.
Neither Ridley nor Jessica had any plans to fall in love, but as they slowly begin to trust one another, they both begin to find much-needed healing.
This story was about as sweet and lovely as they come. Jessica and Ridley were both extremely real and likeable, and I rooted for them from the very beginning. I'm pretty sure I had a smile on my face throughout the entire book. A definite feel-good story, I read it in just a couple of days. It struck the perfect balance of slice-of-life story-telling and romance, without being at all saccharine. It was simply real, interesting, and so very heartwarming. Two enthusiastic thumbs up.
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