Patience and understanding. Trust. A second chance. Broken people can help each other heal. Mary Robinson has a past. A dark one. She's been betrayed by most everyone who should have protected her. She didn't watch over the ones entrusted to her care. Though she wanted to show love and receive it, she was certain that was never meant to be for her. Cade Jones lost almost everything he held dear all in the span of a few days. A joyous event turned tragic and now he was left to pick up the pieces alone. A widower with four children is unlikely to make it on his own. He needs help. On top of that, he's lonely beyond anything he ever expected. Can these two lost souls find their way to each other and help each other heal? Possibly, but the truth will have to come out first. Just how painful will that be? Can a deep and abiding love take root in the rocky road traveled by a broken man and woman?