In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana first responder, Professor Kadence Harlowe puts her losses aside to rescue survivors and help New Orleans recover. When Kadence wins the services of hot young East Coast professional, Nate Logan, in an online charity auction, she finds herself struggling between an old heartache and a new attraction.

When weary young financial executive, Nate Logan offered his services to a charity auction, he never dreamed he'd land in New Orleans cleaning up Hurricane Katrina. Or fall for the beautiful and fearless Kadence Harlowe. As Nate risks his life alongside her in flood-ravaged Louisiana, he begins to question his old life and its forced priorities.

Kadence and Nate's new relationship is soon tested by secrets and the unthinkable: another deadly hurricane bearing down on the Gulf Coast. And they are right in the path of a 20-foot storm surge.