College professor Talia Dalton lives her life on cruise control. Successful, calm, and collected, she would rather protect her long-broken heart than take another chance on anyone. Then, one ordinary morning, she takes her eyes off the familiar road and nearly runs over the sexiest man she has ever seen. It is not the smoothest introduction, but it may be exactly the shake-up her steady, buttoned-up life needs. Derek Grant has goals and no intention of letting anything derail them. A graduate student and the sole caretaker of his ailing father, he has little time for relationships until Talia quite literally crashes into his world. Sweet, pretty, and so tightly wound that he cannot wait to help her loosen up, she quickly becomes the distraction he never planned for. Set on the shores of Sugar Lake, this warm romance pairs a cautious academic with a driven, free-spirited dancer carrying real responsibilities of his own. As Talia learns to cut loose and Derek learns to let someone in, the two discover how much they have to offer each other. Their slow-building romance is about trust, timing, and daring to love again.