Synopsis

After losing her aunt, Clementine West inherits a charming Greenwich Village apartment that seems too good to be true—and as it turns out, it is. The apartment has a peculiar magic: sometimes it slips seven years into the past, allowing Clementine to experience life as it was when her aunt lived there. During one of these temporal shifts, she meets Iwan, a struggling actor who's subletting the apartment in the past timeline. Despite the impossibility of their situation, Clementine and Iwan begin to fall in love across the decades, finding solace in each other during their respective difficult periods. In the present, Clementine works as a book publicist while dealing with her grief and trying to figure out her life direction. In the past, Iwan is pursuing his acting dreams while grappling with family expectations and financial struggles. Their relationship deepens through stolen moments when time slips, but the unpredictable nature of the apartment's magic makes their connection both precious and precarious. As Clementine learns more about her aunt's past and the apartment's mysterious properties, she discovers that her aunt experienced a similar temporal love story decades earlier. The novel explores themes of destiny, timing, and whether love can truly transcend time as Clementine must decide if she's willing to risk everything for a relationship that defies the natural order. When the apartment's magic begins to fade, Clementine faces an impossible choice between holding onto the past and embracing her future.