Taylor moves to Sutter Lake in hopes of finding peace. There she meets Walker, a man dealing with his own difficult past.

This was much heavier than I first anticipated. This book is heartbreaking, suspensful, funny, and emotional. 

Taylor is dealing with the grief of losing her mother and her default is to isolate herself.  She moves to Sutter Lake to escape it all, but finds herself being brought into the folds of the Cole family. Walker is dealing with the grief of losing his first love and has decided that he can no longer open his heart to another woman. His first girlfriend, almost fiance, was murdered when they were young. He never found out who was responsible. Together, these two help to heal one another and push one another outside of their comfort zones. 

I really loved the cast of characters in this book - from his family to her friends, the relationships held so much depth and love. 

I have to say that I figured out the murderer pretty quickly.

something about Jensen's boyfriend and his sister didn't sit right with me. He seemed "off" while she was quietly obsessed with Walker. It made sense that him, being a psychopath who liked to hunt women, would "take care" of anyone to caught Walker's eye for her.

Tropes: romantic suspense, small town, forced proximity, found family