MOLLY STEVENSON’s late husband SIMON, who died three years ago, continues to play a ghostly part in her life and thoughts—he was her first love and she still converses with him in her head. A year before, after “talking” things over with Simon, she sank most of her savings into buying The Book Boutique from LUKE BAUER. Now a rent increase threatens to shut her down. To make matters worse, despite her protests, her two best friends are urging her to meet a new man—not easy in a small town like Brighton. And Simon wants to help her find a (not quite as good as him) replacement husband. If Molly doesn’t take control of her business and her love life, she’ll be a failure before she hits her next big birthday. She knows she needs to rely on herself. But if Simon’s so much a part of her life, how can she learn to trust her own judgment and move on?