About the Book: The story follows Hazel, a writer whose life is upended by being forced out of her Upper East Side apartment and receiving a final warning from her publisher to meet her next book deadline. In a rash attempt to regain her “writing mojo” and entertain her readers, Hazel impulse buys a house, sight unseen, in rural Pennsylvania. The town turns out to be dilapidated, but she finds unexpected, swoon-worthy inspiration in her hot, grumpy contractor, Cam, and his community-involved, animal-rescuing family, convincing herself that it’s “just research.