“She’s like sunshine. Like anywhere she is, it’s brighter there.”

Eight years ago, Alex Whitaker crashed his car, upending his life. Since then he has struggled—with his family, with his job, with everything in his life. And has he really been living, or just passing time?

For the last few years, Cecilia Byrne been making her way north in a highlighter yellow van that she calls Nina. Besides the circuitous car trip, she’s on a journey of discovery too, but doesn’t expect to find love waiting for her in a coffee shop in Detroit.

When problems keep them apart, can Alex and Cecilia overcome their differences and start a new season of their lives together?