Miles' life seemed to end the day his wife was killed in a hit-and-run accident. He still rises each morning to take care of his young son, and carries out his duties as deputy sheriff of New Bern, North Carolina, but it's all in a numb and hopeless haze. Then Miles meets Sarah Andrews and their newfound love starts to soothe the pain of the past. But when a devastating secret is revealed, they discover they are questioning everything they ever believed in—and had just begun to hope for.