When home no longer feels like home - where can you go? When your best friend won’t listen - who can you turn to? When love makes you feel weak - how do you protect your heart? With constant fighting at home, Emma decides working at High Street Books and practicing avoidance is the best method to save her from more heartache. She doesn’t expect to meet Jake, the shop owner’s nephew, who makes her stomach do crazy things. But Jake is intent on pushing her away, and Emma must ask herself: Is he scared? Or is he hiding something? Tastes Like Winter is a story of love, family, and friendship and, when everything is uncertain, trying to figure out where you fit in.