On a dark and stormy night, Brady Stritmeyer returns to Cutterville. It’s been twelve years since he left his tiny Ohio hometown to seek his fortune in Chicago. But his aspirations to make it as an artist hadn’t materialized, and after getting laid-off from his settle-for marketing job, Brady returns to Cutterville to regroup. It’s the first time he’s been back in over a decade and he anticipates a cool reception from his estranged family. Asking for their help and support to get back on his feet could be a problem.

Kindergarten teacher Piper Tucker has had a crush on Brady since forever. So when he shows up at the door, rain-soaked and gorgeous, those old feelings rush back with a vengeance. Brady finds grown-up Piper isn’t the insecure little beanpole he once drew pictures for. In fact, he falls hard for her despite his best effort not to. Both he and Piper’s over-protective family know that without a job, and no prospects of another one, he has little to offer a woman.

It isn’t only the living who object to Piper and Brady’s romance. Piper has always had the ability to see ghosts, but some of them are becoming inexplicably agitated over Brady’s interest in her. A connection to a century-old murder may hold the key. Seriously, how much adversity can one love take?