Josh Bracken is a man who was cheated of love in the cruelest of ways. Ten years later he's a cold, withdrawn widower with a nine year old son, Rory; and a publicly declared preference for finding relief in the arms of ladies who charge by the hour for the pleasure. But when he finds the woman who stole his heart and soul a decade ago - in the last place he expected or wanted to find her - he will stop at nothing to realize the dreams locked away in his heart.
Mia Wallace is the woman who learnt that love guards its secrets and suffers in silence. When Joshua Bracken reappears in her life - threatening to destroy the reputation of an elite boys' school and its Principal; and threatening to ensure his son spends the rest of his academic life in boarding school and holiday camps, Mia bows to his demand that she make up for all that he lost when her sister died in Mia's car. Protecting the man she loves from her sister's secrets was difficult enough nine years ago. How long will her guilt enable her to carry on doing it now before her heart demands more?