Darcy Barrett's life is slowly spiraling out of control, but one thing she is sure of is that no one will ever measure up to Tom Valeska, the perfect man. The gentle giant who she'd like to climb like a tree, but who's engaged to someone else.

Darcy is perfectly content in her mess until Tom shows up to renovate the dilapidated cottage left to Darcy and her twin brother. Tom's arrival means Darcy can no longer hide, not her deteriorating heart condition, her drinking, or her completely overwhelming feelings.

Renovation, regret, and raw emotion lead to deliciously slow-burn friends-to-lovers romance. For readers who loved Thorne's debut novel, The Hating Game, they may at first find Darcy's bluntness and stream-of-conscious inner monologue a bit overwhelming, but by the end they'll love her just as much as they love hunky, lumbering, and swoony Tom Valeska.