Can two broken men build one life?
Ten years.
That's what Makai lost for a crime he didn't commit. He's been exonerated, but the abuse he suffered in prison isn't so easy to leave behind. He heads to the one place he remembers being happy: Acker, Wisconsin, where he spent summers with his grandpa. Unfortunately, not everyone wants Makai there.
Ten days.
That's how long Emil, now twenty-one, was held prisoner as a teenager. The mental and physical injuries he suffered at the hands of a drug trafficking ring still haunt him.
Nightmares, anxiety, and PTSD challenge the connection forming between Makai and Emil, though together, they might find a way to move beyond their pain and into a future — and a relationship — that both had thought impossible.
Now they just have to convince Emil's father, the town sheriff. It won't be easy with danger closer than they know ...