Thirteen-year-old Wes is on his first ever fishing trip to Leech Lake in northern Minnesota with his best friend Josh and Josh's family and he is more skeptical than enthusiastic--but when he hears the stories about catching a gigantic 'Muskie', he is hooked.

After walking over eighteen-hundred miles to leave her life behind, Doctor Holly Bennett accepts a ride from a stranger to a small town in Minnesota. Harboring secrets from her past, and untrusting of anyone, Holly takes a job working for Noah Jackson. Despite the walls she built around herself, Holly finds the company of Noah intriguing, and in turn, Noah's own wounds begin to heal. Just as Holly allows herself the freedom to build a new life, her...

"Once upon a time teenage Aurora Evans met a hockey player at the Mall of America. He was from Canada. And soon, he was the perfect fake boyfriend, a get-out-of-jail-free card for all kinds of sticky situations. I can't go to prom. I'm going to be visiting my boyfriend in Canada. He was just what she needed to cover her social awkwardness. He never had to know. It wasn't like she was ever going to see him again... Years later, Aurora is teaching kids'...