Journalist Amelia Saxton never expected that the biggest story of her career would become deeply personal. But when she discovers that a cluster of frozen embryos belonging to her childhood friend Parker and his late wife, Greer, have been deemed "abandoned," she's put in the unenviable position of telling Parker—and dredging up old wounds in the process. Parker has been unable to move forward since the loss of his wife three years earlier. He has all but forgotten about the embryos, but he knows that if he ever wants to get a part of Greer back, he'll need to accept his fate as a single father and find a surrogate. Parker and Amelia slowly begin to find solace in one another as they navigate an uncertain future against the backdrop of the pristine waters of their childhood home, Cape Carolina. The journey of self-discovery leads them to an unforgettable and life-changing lesson: family—the one you're born into and the one you choose—is always closer than you think.-- Back cover.