They were torn apart by a lie. What if the truth could bring them back? Twenty years ago, Elena Vance received a typed note with seventeen words that shattered her world: "It's too much. You're too much. I'm not coming back." From the boy she loved-the artist who saw her soul-it was a final, cold goodbye. She buried her heart and built a quiet life as a restorer of old books, preserving stories because she couldn't bear to live her own. Caspian Thorne became a celebrated sculptor, his art praised for its haunting beauty-the beauty of absence, of silence, of the ghost he could never forget. He never knew why she never answered his real letter. He only knew he'd lost her forever. Until a mysterious manuscript arrives at Elena's studio. Bound in blue cloth and written in a hand that knows secrets only two people shared, it tells their story-the pier, the storms, the stolen chocolate, the whispered promises. It's a perfect, painful echo of a past she locked away. And according to the terms of a will, Elena and Caspian must authenticate it... together. Forced into reluctant partnership, they unravel a tapestry of deception woven by someone they trusted. Each page of the manuscript pulls them deeper into a past they thought they knew, revealing lies that kept them apart and truths that could either break them-or mend everything. But the past isn't finished with them yet. And the greatest mystery isn't who wrote the book... but whether two hearts, shattered by time and betrayal, can still remember how to beat as one. For fans of The Notebook and The Last Letter from Your Lover, this is a gripping, emotional journey about love interrupted, truth rediscovered, and the fragile, golden art of starting over.