After a tragic accident takes the life of her young niece, African-American architect Jasmine Burke has lost faith in herself. She spends all her time working in a hospice. While there she finds herself spilling her secrets to a comatose accident victim, Noah Arias, until one day he wakes up. Frightened by the fact that she has exposed herself to a stranger, she retreats again.

When Noah resurfaces in her life, they become romantically involved, but their happiness is spoiled when his past returns to haunt them. Noah was once the heir to a small African country before a military coup forced him into exile. Now the two of them must reckon with his past.