Eight years after walking away from their engagement, the untouchable Madeline May Howard is back in the small coastal town of Whitegate, Maine. Her father is dying, but that isn't the only tragedy she has to face. Her ex-fiancé is the local cop, and it’s going to take all her strength to pretend she’s over him. For beneath the cool exterior that Madeline exudes is a heart that’s still broken by the circumstances that forced her to leave him. Harrison had never forgotten Madeline. Nor had he forgiven her. He'd loved her once, with all his heart, and she'd walked way from him without so much as a backwards glance. So when Madeline returns to Maine, Harrison is reminded of all the reasons he should steer clear of her. Only Madeline has always drawn him like flames draw moths, and that strange power she has over him begins to weave its sensual spell all over again. Their past is paved with resentment and pain, betrayal and mistrust. They'd be fools to think their future could be any different, wouldn't they?

When a young Kirk Robinson leaves Clearview, Alabama, he’s a celebrated high school quarter back with a future so bright it outshines even the stars in heaven. He has the world at his feet, including a promising military career and a woman he loves more than life itself. Five years later, he returns to Clearview, wondering if it’s possible to pick up the pieces of a life long forgotten. Annabeth Sparks is left heartbroken and pregnant when Kirk sends her a cold ‘Dear Jane’ letter from the Gulf. He promised he’d come back to her; that he’d stay safe for her, but after that one letter, she never hears from him again. She raises their son Wade, not even knowing if Kirk is alive or dead. So when their paths cross once more, Annabeth has no idea what to do. They brought a child into the world together, but that doesn’t mean she can forgive Kirk. The past is a barbed wire fence that stretches between them, threatening to ruin any chance they have at the happily ever after they once believed in with all their hearts. Annabeth doesn’t know if she’ll ever understand what happened between them, but she knows she’s in just as much danger of falling head over heels in love with Kirk… if she isn’t careful.