The historic hotel in Boonsboro has endured war and peace, the changing of hands, and even rumored hauntings. Now it’s getting a major face-lift from the Montgomery brothers and their eccentric mother. As the architect of the family, Beckett has little time for a social life. But there’s another project he’s got his eye on: the girl he’s been waiting to kiss since he was sixteen. After losing her husband and returning to her hometown, Clare Brewster soon settles into her life as the mother of three young sons while running the town’s bookstore. Though busy, Clare is drawn across the street by Beckett’s transformation of the old inn, wanting to take a closer look…at both the building and the man behind it.

With the grand opening inching closer, Beckett is happy to give Clare a private tour. It’s no first date, but these stolen moments are the beginning of something that could arouse the secret yearning that resides in Clare’s independent heart—and open the door to the extraordinary adventure of what comes next…

歷史悠久的邦斯波羅旅店經歷過戰亂及和平的歲月、東家易主，甚至也有人謠傳它鬧鬼。而現在，蒙哥馬利兄弟與他們特立獨行的媽媽要讓這座旅店嶄新登場。貝克特是他們的建築師，沒有餘暇社交的他的目光並不僅留在整修的工作，還有那位十六歲以來就一直想親吻的女孩。克萊兒‧布斯特在失去丈夫後回到故鄉，很快就適應鎮上的生活，一邊經營書店，同時照料三個兒子。生活雖忙碌，克萊兒還是受到對街旅店的吸引，貝克特的巧手將老舊旅店打造得煥然一新，因此克萊兒想進一步見識這幢建築，以及建造它的男人。

開幕日期漸漸逼近，貝克特很樂意私下招待克萊兒參觀新旅店。這並不是首次約會，不過這片刻卻開始激起克萊兒心中秘密的渴望，且為接下來非凡的冒險旅程展開大門。