Shay Zucconi's deceased step-grandmother leaves her tulip farm with two conditions: First, Shay must move to the small town of Friendship, Rhode Island. Secondly, and most problematically, since her fiancé just called off the wedding, she must be married within a year. Marriage is the last thing Shay wants, but she is willing to do anything to keep the only true home she has ever known. .Noah Barden had been in love with Shay Zucconi since high school, but he never told her about it. He was too shy, too awkward, too painfully uncool to ask out a beautiful, popular girl. A lifetime later, Noah became a single father to his niece and threw himself into running the family business. He doesn’t even remember his old love, until Shay returns to their hometown and turns his life upside down.