Anna has studionsly avoided hcr aunt Rnse--the woman she

once lnved more than anyone else in the world--ever since the

night Rose betrayed Anna and her mother, Rose s own fatally ill

sistcr. In the sixteen years that have passed, Anna has built

another life for herself far from her hometown on Maryland s

Eastern Shore, but she can t forgive or forget.

Now another betrayal, by a faithless lover, has brought Anna

hack to her family s restaurant, where Rose needs her estranged

niece s helpIand trust--more than ever before. Determined to

leave as soon as the struggling business is back on its feet and

her own hurt is healed, Anna joins Rose in the kitchen of the

Bella SnreUa, where values clash and generations cnllide--and

outside, where their personal lives become entangled in

surprising ways. Yet Anna is resolved to remain unafl~ cted by

Rose s hinging to undo the past--even though her resistance

could blind her to a true and unexpected love that s reaching

out to grab her by the heart.