What makes life sweet?Freshly baked bread A cool lake on a hot summer day The comfort of a cozy bookstore Second chances and new beginnings When Harper Shaws life falls apart, she knows its time for a change. She removes everything that doesnt spark joyfrom her soul-sucking job to eating kale to making listsand sets off for the last place she was happy, Lake Tahoe (who wouldnt feel good there, right?) to fulfill her dream of opening her own bakery.With her Sugar Pine Bakery in between a tavern, owned by sexy, grumpy Bodie Campbell, and a bookstore, run by her new BFF, she feels a peace shes never experienced sincewell, forever.. Then she meets Ivy, a teenage runaway, who barrels into her heart. She sees a lot of herself in Ivy and takes her under her wing, but the teenager has secrets When those secrets explode, it changes Harpers new world, and shell learn, its never too late to start over, its never too late to figure out your life, and best of all, its never too late to let yourself believe in love.