"Before beginning her new job as sous chef at one of Seattle's finest restaurants, Josie Stewart takes on a six-month position cooking at a lodge in an Alaskan lake town. It's only temporary--or so she thinks, as she becomes a valued part of the local community, falling in love with the people who call Klutina Lake home. But one Alaskan man, in particular, stands out among Josie's new friends: Palmer Saxon, a quiet, intense sword craftsman, whose very existence forces her to question whether her heart wants to return to Washington at all--or make Alaska her home"--,Provided by publisher.

Josie Avery takes a summer position cooking at a lakeside lodge in a remote Alaskan town and quickly falls for Palmer Saxon, a famed sword smith, but Josie intends to return home to her career in Seattle, until fate intervenes.