One suitcase is all Amanda Gardner has to her name when she ends up back in Harland, North Carolina. No one knows how the high-powered ad executive, the girl who couldn't leave town fast enough after high school, lost her glamorous life in California. Everyone is curious--except John Sawyer. He's done enough wondering about his childhood best friend over the years. But John's instinct is to protect Amanda, and something tells him she is in deep trouble. Will she feel safe enough to trust him--and lean on his strength?