Synopsis Set against the vast lakes and small resort towns of Northern Michigan, Now You Love Me explores the complexity of the adult world through the simplicity of a child's eye.  When her free-spirited mother, Paige, begins to date a well-meaning, steadfast, and perhaps slightly deluded man names Shepherd, young Annie Child learns how complicated love and relationships really are.  Eager to make himself welcome and determined to make Paige his wife, Shepherd embarks on a campaign to assume the role of father to Annie and her little brother, Gus.  But Paige isn't sure she's ready to let him into her life or her little family.  As Shepherd tries doggedly and zanily to convince Paige that his intentions are true, he enlists Annie and Gus in his cause.  These characters and the world they inhabit will stay with the reader long after the last pages.