For the past 4 years Cash has been living his life one day at a time... Finally sober, he's running is own business and repairing his relationship with his sister. He's happy with his life and proud of his accomplishments he's made. Now if only he could completely forgive himself for the mistakes he's made. Tessa Brooks has lived a simple life... She helps her widowed brother raise his daughter and spends her days surrounded by books. Then one day, a chance encounter brings her face to face with a man who will open her eyes to what she's been missing in life, happiness. Tessa awakens something in Cash he thought was dead and buried long ago. As their relationship grows he knows he needs to tell her about his past, but he's afraid of how she will react. Will she be able to handle the painful truth of his past? When forces out of their control lead them both down a path of destruction, they are both left wondering. Will their love be enough to heal each other when they need the other person the most?