A PhD candidate working on her dissertation on her favorite topic of true crime is in for more than she ever thought when she moves into her dead father’s home to get it ready to sell and finish her dissertation. Phoebe Walsh is obsessed with true crime, she’s even made it her dissertation. So spending a summer in Florida clearing up her childhood home and getting to spend time with her distant but very cheerful brother while working on her dissertation should be a nice way to spend the summer yet the moment she steps into her home she is faced with not only complicated feelings of mourning her father, with whom their relationship had fizzled out during the later years of her life but her own complicated feelings on romance and vulnerability when she finds herself falling for the cute ( not serial killer) music teacher next door, Sam. Studying crime and facing the gruesome acts of people can be easy to handle for Phoebe but actually examining her own fears about relationships and opening herself up is a whole other hurdle. Can Phoebe overcome her fears or is it just not meant to be? This was a cute story about being vulnerable and opening yourself up. I adored Sam, he’s so sweet and precious, seriously, what a sweetheart. Their relationship was cute and honestly I had a blast reading this book.