When Raeley Ann Sutton's mama passes away and leaves her the house where she grew up, Rae can't imagine how the place might restore her broken life. In tiny "one-horse Whitten," she's embraced by her mother's close-knit circle of friends, the Third Thursday ladies. Though almost half their age and far less confident of positive outcomes, Rae joins their ministry-slash-book-club-slash-gossip circle. As a new career and a new romance bring their own complications, Rae relies on the unlikely family she's found and begins to wonder if her future holds more hope than she ever could have imagined.