Calla Fletcher returns to Toronto a different person, struggling to finddirection and still very much in love with the rugged bush pilot sheleft behind. When Jonah arrives on her doorstep with a proposition shecan’t dismiss, she takes the leap and rushes back to Alaska to begintheir exciting future together.But Calla soon learns that eventhe best intentions can lead to broken promises, and that compromisecomes with a hefty price—a log cabin in rural Alaska that feels asisolating as the western tundra.With Jonah gone more than he’shome, one neighbor who insists on transforming her into a true Alaskan,and another who seems more likely to shoot her than come to her aid,Calla grapples with forging her own path. In a world with roamingwildlife that has her constantly watching over her shoulder and harshconditions that stretch far beyond the cold, dark, winter months, juststepping outside her front door can be daunting.This is not thefuture Calla had in mind, leaving her to fear that perhaps she is doomedto follow in her mother’s fleeing footsteps after all.