The thrilling conclusion to the Wayside Ranch series, Connor's long-awaited second chance. Connor wants to hold on to Lacy, but knows he has to let her go if he hopes to ever have her marry him again. After ten years of living as a divorced couple and seeing all of his men get their second chances, Connor is praying for his own. When Lacy says she needs time on her own, his knee-jerk reaction is to ask her to stay. Despite his fear she will never return, he lets her go. Unfortunately, danger follows her when she tries to help a friend leave an abusive relationship. She has a target on her back and Connor is too far away to help her. Lacy knows that Connor will never trust that she loves him until he deals with the pain of his mother leaving. She knows she has to leave and then return to him to show him that she will never do to him what he fears. Trouble is, her friend's husband wants to make sure Lacy never sees anyone ever again. She is torn between losing the chance to prove her love for Connor and asking him to come for her. She can't bear to leave him again, it's now or never, but can she handle a killer alone?