Hanna Jones reflects on the last eight years of her life, especially when Nathan, the city's newest deputy, moves to town and how that changed everything. Between getting a running partner, and a valuable confidant, Hanna had to negotiate her promiscuous mother, Diane, who set her eyes on this fine prize. Maintaining their friendship and controlling her blossoming affections towards the young deputy, Hanna is forced to minimize her mother's behavior while blocking the advances of their new neighbor Aimee, who is looking for a good man to replace her philandering minister boyfriend. Hanna has her hands full with a difficult task indeed, if she wishes for the man of her dreams to become hers once and for all.