Blake Riley thought she could leave her traumatic past behind when she left for college. Starting a new life and moving forward never sounded so good. Living carefree with her best friend in Ocean City New Jersey gave her the freedom she had always hoped for. But sometimes life isn’t so carefree. When Blake finds herself torn between the affections of two men, emotions that have been buried for years will be exposed. Derrick, a powerful CEO of a popular casino resort, instantly captivates her. Being drawn into his domineering passion, she bares herself to him in a way she least expected. With Landon, a successful attorney, she can be someone new; someone free from her haunting past. Each man evokes a different side of Blake. As both relationships grow stronger, walls will slowly begin to crack. What will happen when the past slowly creeps its way into the present? With two worlds filled with secrets and lies, it’s only a matter of time before they crash and truths are revealed.

Moving forward is hard. Forgiving yourself is harder. After Derrick found Blake in an alley beaten and broken, life changed—for him and for her. Circumstances force Blake back to the place where it all began. When she receives a call from her mother, her world suddenly slips from beneath her. After a chance encounter, will Blake be strong enough to keep the nightmares from dragging her back to where it all began? Surrounded by her memories and holding her future by the hands, can Blake finally accept that the past is just that…the past? The sight of a battered, lifeless Blake forces Derrick to realize that forgiveness is necessary because mistakes are just that…mistakes. Derrick begins searching for the past that he has avoided for most of his life, hoping to close that chapter and begin a new story. Will the outcome free him to embrace the destiny he seeks and allow him to move forward? Some truths are hard to face. Landon learns this first hand. After learning he’s fallen in love with the same girl his best friend loves, truths and secrets are revealed. Will he be able to handle it? Can Derrick and Blake learn from the lessons taught by their pasts? Will they come together through new life, stronger and prepared to face whatever life throws their way? Or will the shadows of the past attempt once again to tear them apart?