"Summer is a busy season at Cedar Cove's Rose Harbor Inn, so proprietor Jo Marie Rose and handyman Mark Taylor have spent a lot of time together working around the property. Despite some claims to the contrary, Jo Marie insists that Mark is only a friend. However, she seems to be thinking about this particular friend a great deal. She's determined to learn more about Mark's past, but first she welcomes three new guests. Twenty-three-year-old Ellie Reynolds has come to Cedar Cove to meet a man she's been corresponding with, and with whom she might even be falling in love. Maggie and Roy Porter arrive next, hoping to rekindle the spark in their marriage in the wake of past mistakes. For each of these characters, it will be a moment when someone wore their heart on their sleeve--and took pen to paper--that makes all the difference. "--Back cover.