Gayle Fortman has built a good life for herself and her
three sons as an innkeeper in Virginia's Shenandoah
Valley. She has even maintained a cordial relationship
with her ex, charismatic broadcast journalist Eric
Fortman, covering with the boys for his absences and
broken promises. Luckily Travis Allen, her closest
neighbor, has been a loving surrogate father to the boys
and her own best friend.
Then, on the eve of oldest son
Jared's graduation, Eric returns, having nearly lost his
life in Afghanistan. Worse, he has lost his way and his
courage, and needs a place to recover. Gayle realizes this
might be the last chance for her sons to establish a real
bond with their father, and offers him a summer at the inn
and a chance to put things right. Gayle and Eric are all
too aware that their onetime love and attraction are still
there. But can the pieces of their broken lives be mended,
or are they better laid to rest?