Lieutenant Christian Thomas has served in the Coast Guards for over twenty years and while on leave he ends up stuck in an elevator with a gorgeous unknown woman. Once they are rescued she disappears and he is sure he had lost her forever.

Katrina Stockwell is a photographer for National Geographic and has traveled all over the world. While visiting a friend in Los Angeles, she ends up stuck on an elevator with a sexy unknown man. They connect in a way that frightens her and once they are rescued she runs away, hoping to put the experience behind her.

It not until months later that the couple ends up in the same town again. While he is trying to win her heart she is planning her get away. Can Chris win her heart? Will Kate Succeed in pushing away the only man to ever truly love her? Does this couple stand a chance at forever?