Annika Rose is an English major at the University of Illinois. Anxious and social situations, where she finds most peoples behavior confusing, she’d rather be in the library surrounded by books are playing a quiet game of chess. Jonathan Hoffman joined the chess club and lost his first game and his heart to the Cheyenne awkward yet brilliant and beautiful Annika. He admires her ability to be treated herself, quirks, and all. Jonathan and Annika bring out the best in each other and slowly, but surely they fall in love. Neither of them could have possibly foreseen the tragedy that chatters their relationship and tears them apart. Now, a decade later, fate reunite, Annika and Jonathan in Chicago. She’s living a quiet life as a librarian. He’s a Wall Street whiz, recovering from a divorce and seeking a fresh start. The attraction and strong feelings, they once shared our instantly rekindled, but they confront the circumstances that drove them apart, and their second chance of love and happiness will end before it truly begins.