Katie Albright has endured a lifetime of tragedy in just a few short years.

After losing her sister, Katie throws herself into her work as a prosecutor. While sending criminals to prison, like the man who abducted her sister, she struggles to be the best surrogate mother she can be for her nephew. With her busy life, she has no expectation of being swept away by prince charming, but a girl can still dream.
Joe Montgomery is an incredibly gorgeous and very successful trial attorney, living life as a bachelor with no responsibility whatsoever. From the outside, many might think he has it all, but in reality, his sex life is extremely complicated, and he's starting to doubt that he'll ever deserve the life he longs for or the only woman he's ever wanted.
Katie and Joe's very different worlds are about to collide. If Katie can let her guard down, and if Joe can let go of his guilty conscience, the two may finally be able to find their own happily ever after together.

But that picturesque future starts to fall apart when several defendants from Katie's past escape from prison seeking revenge on the woman who put them away.

The stakes are raised even higher when she realizes exactly what her sister's abductor is coming after. His son.