A Garden Variety Lovers Club Novel ~ It's been a year. And what a year it's been. Candy is ready to jump back into the work she loves. Only this time, she's diving into the deep end... without a life preserver. A year ago, Candy's popular - but doomed - DIY fixer-upper series was cut short, so she returned home to Autumn Lake to figure out what came next. The small town is seeing its first growth spurt in decades as tourists flock to the Carpe Diem resort across the lake, and Candy is certain she, too, can find a way to thrive in her hometown. She's a master at restoring and renovating old homes, but in a place where reputation is everything, she's having a hard time getting out of the starting gate. When a wealthy and well-loved Autumn Lake matriarch suddenly gives Candy carte blanche on a lovely old lake house, she's thrilled beyond measure... until she discovers that there's a condition. She has to work with the client's recalcitrant grandchild. Grandson, to be exact. And he's old enough - and skilled enough, Candy quickly discovers - that he shouldn't need his grandmother to bribe anyone into giving him a job. It's the job of a lifetime, but after her first encounter with Walter, Candy's fairly certain it might just be the death of her.