Overview

Catherine Stewart has spent twenty years building a fortress of literary perfection. As one of Manhattan’s most respected senior editors, she knows that a strong foundation is the only thing that saves a story from the wreckage. She doesn’t do "messy," and she certainly doesn't do "unfiltered." Her world is one of red pens, cold logic, and a clinical distance that has kept her at the top of the industry and entirely alone. Sophie March is the disruption Catherine never saw coming. A writer who believes in the soul of the story and the restorative power of hope. Sophie walks into Catherine’s office with a manuscript that defies every rule in the book. While Catherine wants to cut, Sophie wants to bloom. When a professional crisis forces them out of the sterile boardrooms of Midtown and into the sun drenched silence of a Hudson Valley cottage, the boundaries between editor and author begin to dissolve. As they work to build a new independent press, they discover that the most important restoration isn't on the page. It’s in the space between the structure and the heart. In this witty, tender, and deeply mature contemporary romance, two women in their thirties and forties must decide if they are brave enough to stop editing their lives and finally start living them.