From the internationally best-selling author of The Simple Wild comes the continuation of a woman s journey to Alaska and a life she never imagined for herself. Calla Fletcher returns to Toronto a different person, struggling to find direction and still very much in love with the rugged bush pilot she left behind. When he unexpectedly makes a proposition she can t dismiss, Calla rushes back to Alaska to begin her future with Jonah. But she soon learns that even the best intentions can lead to broken promises: Jonah is gone more than he s home, and Calla feels isolated in their rural log cabin with harsh conditions that stretch far beyond the cold, dark, winter months. It s not the life Calla imagined for herself - but is it a life Calla can learn to love? Or is she destined to follow in her mother s fleeing footsteps after all?