With her post-doc fellowship in London at an end, Lyssa Doughty is on the verge of accepting a visiting professorship at Tompkins College. The plus: reconnecting with her sister in the same charming Finger Lakes town. The minus: leaving behind the sweetest man she's ever known. Kyle Pennington won't stand in the way of Lyssa's blossoming career but, as he drops her at the airport and she blurts out she's in love with him, he knows letting her go is the biggest mistake of his life. Enter Rand Cunningham, charming Tompkins College professor and handsome bad boy, who sees Lyssa as his ticket to tenure and the good life. The manipulative college president, the ghost in her blufftop apartment, her opinionated sister, her spooky-rich brother-in-law, even the local cops, all have their own agendas. How can Lyssa hear what her heart is telling her?