Thea Valdez didn't expect her great-aunt's pottery wheel to launch clay like a medieval catapult. But that's what happens when you trade spreadsheets for ceramics and have no idea what you're doing.

Now she's covered in clay, learning to live without Wi-Fi, and falling for Knox Sterling?the carpenter who builds furniture like poetry and fixes her disasters without making her feel foolish.

As the mountain snow settles and the town's curiosity grows, Thea has to decide if she's brave enough to stay messy, stay vulnerable, and stay in Pine Bluff with a man who sees the artist she's always been afraid to become.

Tropes: Small-Town • Corporate Burnout • Fish Out of Water • Opposites Attract • Romantic Comedy • Cinnamon Roll Hero • Second Chances