When grief meets hope, love writes a whole new script. A found-family, opposites attract lesbian romance about making peace with the past, the power of resilience, and the ultimate comeback. Closed-off teacher Sloane Sullivan sees only shades of gray since she lost her wife. Desperate for escape and healing, she travels from the US to Australia to find color. Instead, she finds an unexpected home with a reclusive, prickly actress and her cheeky daughter. Actress Ava James chooses her flings the way she chooses her roles: safe, fleeting, and short-lived. Better not to try than to risk humiliating failure-again. Her ordered life is upended when an American she had one sexy morning with only days earlier turns out to be staying in her mother's guest house-for a whole year! After an awkward beginning, a tentative friendship forms promising the start of something much deeper...if only they can let go of their ghosts.

Liz Arncliffe, a storyteller since childhood, crafts tales of imaginary creatures inspired by her Appalachian upbringing. A lifelong resident of the Southeast, she dreams of exploring distant lands. With a background in history, religion, and theology, she combines her academic pursuits with passions for travel, gardening, reading, and writing. When not cheering on tennis matches, she battles the persistent woodpeckers invading her backyard.