Recently widowed, the mother of a teenaged daughter, Kate Rose has finally come into her own as head of a talent agency. She has kept her past carefully hidden. But now, after 17 years, Jake Talbot has come back. And suddenly, Kate is a woman on the edge, fighting the passion Jake reawakens even as he urges her to give their relationship another chance. Just as she is beginning to trust again, Kate is forced to face the ultimate test of love.