Chief of police Trent Knight had it all until an accident took his wife and left him to raise two beautiful girls. Now the person he blamed for his loss is back in town. But soon his anger toward Carmen Shields changes into a very different emotion – an awareness of Carmen as a woman.

On the one hand, it feels like a betrayal of his late wife's memory. On the other, it could be his second chance at life – and Carmen's shot at redemption. Maybe she can go home again – with the help of a certain lawman…