This is the story of two small-town former high school sweethearts from opposite sides of the tracks. Now middle-aged, they have taken wildly divergent paths, but neither has lived the life they imagined, and neither can forget the passionate first love that forever altered their world. When they are both called back to their hometown for the funeral of the mentor who once gave them shelter, they will be forced to confront the choices each has made,...

Devoted to the husband whose family took her in as an orphan, Ruth wonders about her choices and the life they will share when her husband retires as the head of a private boys' school to which the couple has given everything they have.

The best of me: Two former high school sweethearts meet again 25 years later and find that everything--and nothing--has changed. Love in a nutshell: Kate Appleton has lost her job, her husband left her, and she's on the verge of losing her summer home. But to get a lot of money quickly, all she has to do is work for Matt Culhane by spying on his employees to figure out who has been sabotaging his business. And, of course, resist his charms along...