From the moment Maddie buried her parents, she was alone. No close family, no siblings, no aunts, uncles, cousins, no one. The only blood relative she had left was a half-brother who didn't know she existed.

Maddie had already decided to look for her half-brother, but when she is stripped of her virginity in a brutal rape, she goes on the run. The man who raped her has other plans for her, and she doesn't want any part of it. After months of hiding out, she heads to Allenby, the hometown of her half brother.

One thing Maddie doesn't expect to find in Allenby is love.

Riley Webb has returned to town for good. After ten years of being on the road with his band, it's time to hang up his guitar and settle down. Only thing is, he has no one to settle down with...until he meets Maddie. She's the one. Riley knows it, now he just needs to break down the walls that Maddie has built around herself, and make her see it too. Can Riley convince Maddie that she's found home, or will the secrets from her past catch up with her and force her to move on?