Walking away from Travis Vance years ago was tough...asking for his help now is even more difficult. U.S. Air Force Major Patricia Streeter needs her former college sweetheart's help in a secret internal investigation of suspected wrongdoings at her base in Colorado Springs. But while their pretense of dating makes the Vance family happy, it stirs up long-buried dreams of home and family for the titian-haired major. Can she help the man she'd always loved find the peace his jaded heart needs and give their relationship a second chance—before the Diablo crime syndicate eliminates them?