Hallie Hart is ambitious, talented, and fiercely independent. Once the girl next door to Rio DeLuca, she fell hard for him as a teen—only for both of them to break each other’s hearts at nineteen. Now six years later, she’s trying to make a name for herself in interior design, starting with a prestigious internship in Chicago. But fate throws her straight back into Rio’s orbit—not only is he living next door again, but she’s been assigned to renovate his house. Determined not to let the past interfere with her future, Hallie puts up walls to protect herself. She’s no longer the heartbroken girl she once was—but facing Rio every day forces her to confront the feelings and secrets they both left unresolved. Beneath her strength and sarcasm is someone still healing from love lost and scared to risk her heart again.