Susanna Jones will risk everything to escape the life of forced labor she's known. When she's hired as a waitress for a chain restaurant, opportunity presents itself, but there is nothing easy about reinventing oneself. No one knows that as well as Garrett Trentwell who suffered a vicious attack cost him the use of one hand. The life he knew as a blacksmith is through.

Garrett and Susanna meet and spar, and they cannot seem to help doing it again and again. Fortunately for them, Green Valley, Virginia is full of individuals who know a thing or two about survival and redemption. In the third book of the Green Valley series, both will prove to be sorely needed.