How They Smiled (2011)

Bestselling New York novelist Henry Jenkins Richard Burgi is not a man of many words He drinks his tea and enjoys his toast and walks no more than four blocks to seventh street to Lizzys coffee shop where he sits three seats away from the door Henry has finished the final draft in his penultimate novel in the Blood Asp series which have won him multiple awards over the years Lizzy Garland Heather Snell on the other hand is a woman of many words She keeps her customers coming back with her warm spirit and inviting conversation Henry stays for the tea and because it takes his mind off certain things But he has a plan and a machine which if things go well he will get them back and will remember how they smiled