Four years after the divorce, Maggie Chapparelle still believes she did the right thing in giving Nick his freedom. Their marriage was a youthful mistake and so far she's managed to keep her handsome hunk of an ex at a safe distance in spite of his occasional attempts to worm his way back into her life-and bed. Her ex, rising NASCAR star Nick Chapparelle, has wandered in and out of her life patiently waiting for her to realize what he's known all along-the divorce was the only mistake they made. So what's a woman to do when the man she set free won't stay away? Damn the man, of course.

Widower Joel Hubbard isn't interested in his friends' attempts to fix him up. He's content with his quiet, structured life as a single dad until he wanders into Gwen Marconi's real estate office and discovers everything he never knew he was missing in his life. Gwen has a knack for attracting womanizers, losers and jerks. From what she can tell, Joel isn't any of those things. In fact, he's everything she ever wanted in a man and it starts her thinking she's finally found herself a keeper. Just when it looks like she's found a place of her own in his heart, she's forced to rethink their future together when a cruel stroke of fate brings her happiness crashing down. How can she put the man she loves through the same nightmare a second time?