When Elodie Harper, a gentle soul with a literary past and a quiet longing for belonging, inherits a decaying bookshop covered in ivy in the seaside village of Wrenwell , she expects to renovate it into a peaceful reading retreat. But behind the books and brambles lies a hidden diary from 1947—its ink faded but its emotions vivid. As Elodie unravels the story of a secret wartime romance, she becomes entangled in a decades-old promise, a forgotten love, and a mystery only she can solve. And maybe, in the process, she’ll find a few answers to her own heart’s questions, too.