Amelia found her place and her people. Her coworkers had become friends then grew to family. But her present collides with her past when her sister showed up at her door after more than a decade of silence. Learning she brought with her a summons from her high school sweetheart's mother was unwelcome to say the least.

When Jackson Andrews heard that his mother had sent Amelia's sister to fetch her after a car accident, the heart he thought had mended years ago started to show the cracks that never fully healed. He wanted nothing to do with the girl who had abandoned him or the woman she had grown into.

But when Amelia had to extend her stay to take care of her mother's messes, the pull to hold her, help her, love her, and protect her was too strong to ignore. Especially when the messes she was dragged into include money, drugs, and murder.

Will the closed-off, independent woman and unforgiving, hardened-hearted man be able to compromise and find a path forward or will it all come crashing down just like it had more than a decade ago?