Katherine Peterson left her hometown of Kerryville, Ga., almost ten years ago. A late-night phone call informs her that her mother has asked for her, and Katherine realizes she must reconcile with her mother and her sister Julie to settle past issues. With Katherine is Allison, an adorable little girl with blonde pigtails and blue eyes.

Unfortunately, the first person Katherine sees when she arrives home is Alan Connor. Alan is the first and only man she has ever loved. Katherine is dismayed to discover that his smoldering good looks still have the power to take her breath away. It doesn't help that his brilliant blue eyes are the same color as nine-year-old Allison's.

Katherine is thrown further off balance when she finds that her mother is critically ill, her sister is missing, and her childhood best friend, Janie, is cold and unwelcoming.

Her mother's death the day after she returns and the reappearance of her missing sister set off an eruption that opens a twenty-five-year-old crime that will place Katherine in danger, but worse, could separate her from the child she loves so dearly.