Abby is strong, independent, and up for a promotion. She is also the estranged daughter of an aging ceramic artist. Years have passed since Abby fled the home of her youth and a past she would rather forget. Now a call from a cousin and the ghost of a promise made to her dying mother have compelled a return to Willow Lake and her father. Abby loves her father, and he loves her, yet there is a long buried rift between the two, and they must together face the failures of their misspent relationship.With the help of new romance Mitch Carlson, Abby searches the past and herself to discover what she needs, to make herself whole.* * * * *