Alexandra lives for her successful business. She knows what she wants in life and, more importantly, what she doesn't want. Four-legged best friend Max is the only man she is willing to commit to.

On a winter morning, she stops to help at the scene of a car accident, and her well-laid plans take a collision course with a man who will challenge her limits.

Truck driver Mike is straight-laced and down to earth with strong family values—everything Alex isn't. After his brush with death, he's forced to scrutinize his life, and he turns his attention on the woman who saved his life.

For Alex, the attention is unwelcome. Her memory of family is something she would rather leave in the past. But Mike doesn't understand that. How could he? Her painful secrets have been buried deep and for far too long for a few understanding words to release them.