About the book: 2017 / One mug of promise. When the world around him began to crumble, Garrett Sharp did not run away. He stood like a real man and accepted his punishment. Eight years later, he started a new life. This is not the life he grew up believing he would LIVE in, but it is still an existence, albeit a numb and empty one. Well, not really. Every day across the street from his furniture store, Garrett steals moments of warmth from Emily Garner. As she floats through her café, Emily offers him a glimpse into her soul—so pure and full of life—something Garrett has never felt. He has never heard her voice and does not know the color of her eyes. But he knows she shines like a beacon when she serves coffee to couples on their first date. Emily, without feeling nervous, can feel the sprouts of budding love. And Garrett can sense Emily's joy from across the street. When Emily finally walks into his store for the first time in six months since it opened, their lives change. Garrett must battle demons from his past to be a man worthy of the woman he loves from afar. Emily must overcome her fears and forget about her ex-boyfriend and his betrayal in order to begin to trust again. If it were just Emily and Garrett's complicated past, their story would be simple. But life is never easy.