Carly Miller loves reading the triumphant memoirs of her friend and co-worker, Poppy Levine. Having survived a tumultuous upbringing with her hyper-religious mother, Carly is happy for Poppy's story of healing and faith, but she believes her own sin is unforgivable. Equally inaccessible to Carly is Poppy's former suitor, Joe Trautweig, whose story from Poppy's book captivates Carly. When she encounters those jade green eyes in real life, the lines between the printed page and the man himself begin to blur. Joe has his own painful secrets, but Carly fears her past will be too much for their mutual attraction to overcome. Can Carly accept the idea her own heart could be made clean (lev tahor) and that both she and Joe can embrace what forgiveness truly means?