Water beyond the bridge

the long version

Two summer lovers from decades past meet again on Mackinac Island and their worlds are forever altered... Ella Hollingsworth has no place on her to-do list for what-might-have-beens. With a crumbling old Victorian cottage on Mackinac Island, aging mother, and rebellious teenage nephew to care for, resurrecting and old relationship is the last thing she wants. Then Nick Pappas, a lover from a youthful summer romance thirty years ago, appears at Ella's gate. Together they must learn how to navigate the unexplored waters ahead and make peace with their pasts.