A tragedy tore them apart years ago. Now she’s back in town—and the man she left behind hasn’t forgotten.

Five years ago, Sadie McKenna walked away from her fiancé and the future they planned after losing her younger brother. She rebuilt her life elsewhere, but returning home to care for her father places her directly in the path of the man she once promised forever.

Conner Dalton never recovered from being abandoned. A failed marriage and years of disappointment hardened him into a guarded, distrustful man who keeps his heart locked away. When the woman who broke him returns, buried feelings resurface alongside old wounds and unresolved tension.

Living in the same small town forces them together, stirring lingering attraction and painful memories neither can escape. When another crisis threatens to repeat the past, both must decide whether the past defines their future—or whether broken hearts can risk another chance.