Megan, a mystery writer and an instructor at a small community college in the Los Angeles area, lost her young husband two years ago when he crashed his plane in a severe sandstorm in North-Africa. Since then, she has not been seeing anyone., but then she meets Chris, a handsome contractor who lives in a popular resort town in the San Bernardino Mountains, where Megan has a cabin. She's immediately attracted to him, but Chris has a secret past, which Megan uncovers bit by bit. Tensions build as the two explore each other's world to find common ground. When he finally tells her the whole story, she is at first devastated and leaves him. She even goes out with a colleague, with whom she has more in common. But it's too late; her attraction to Chris is too strong, and she decides to work with Chris to resolve the problem. Tragedy strikes toward the end, and the final chapters are dramatic. The ending, however, is happy, although not exactly what Megan had envisioned.