Claire and Liam had a good thing going until he walks out of her life. Being dumped without warning is devastating enough, discovering she isn't pregnant leaves her without even a part of him. Withdrawing from everyone, she moves to another city and immerses herself in work, the better to forget Liam. Not that it's working. Claire is a one-man woman, to her despair.

Back stateside after an unexpectedly long deployment, security contractor Liam Cafferty has accepted the truth: walking out on Claire makes him a coward. Thinking it for the best, given his dangerous profession, doesn't cut it. She should have been given the choice. With the biggest heart of any woman he's known, he's hopeful she might take him back and makes it his new mission to convince her.

Claire must decide what matters: her pride or taking another chance on Liam—and love.