Chapter 1

She’s been knocked down more times than she can count — by marriage, by grief, by the weight of motherhood and the frustration of faith. Syn fights battles no one sees: the kind that leaves you breathless in the middle of a grocery store, or staring at the ceiling at 3 a.m.

But then he appears.

A man who doesn’t ask her to be strong. Who doesn’t flinch at her panic or try to fix her pain. He listens. He stays even when what he hears is uncomfortable. He makes her laugh when she’s forgotten how. With him, her anxiety shifts — from panting to peaceful.

Yet something isn't quite right about their connection. It doesn't settle with her. His understanding of the world. Their foundation.

He’s changed her world indeed. Can love survive when it’s built on a truth she doesn't want to know? Or will he be seasonal.