Book excerpt: She's hell bent on starting over with a clean slate. His slate is anything but... Disgraced… Lilly Talbot’s reputation is wrecked when a reporter outs her as the daughter of Georgia’s most notorious thief. With her bank account hovering near zero, she escapes to Point Cottage, an inherited lake house in Vermont, she’s laid eyes on. Horrified by its devastating condition, with no funds to pay for renovations, how can she make a life for herself and start fresh? A man with a past… Connor “Mac” McQueen, once the golden boy of Wall Street, spent three years in prison for insider trading. The only thing that sustained him while inside was getting his hands on Point Cottage and making it the showplace for his eco-friendly construction company. But just how far will he go to get it? Secrets and lies… Someone is trying to drive Lilly from Point Cottage. Could it be a person from her father’s criminal past? Mac has a secret of his own that could ruin lives if revealed. If Lilly and Mac are to have a future together, they must first learn to trust and accept one another. Only then will they know if true love is in their hearts.