Retired professor Nora Reinhart unexpectedly finds herself the owner of a villa in Berlin, Germany. A beloved travel companion bequeathed her his house. Nora quickly realizes she has inherited more than a home when her guests present a host of complications. Despite her age, Nora dives into these challenges with gusto. She re-discovers a strength she thought she'd exhausted facing her own demons.

Joanna Schultz is a former professor whose first novel, The Cheapest Date in Berlin, was published in 2013, followed by a second novel, Chasing the Great God Tenure, in 2016. Joanna and her husband Tom are avid travelers. When they're not visiting family and friends in Berlin or Bangkok, they're at home in Ann Arbor, Michigan.