Rachel D'Evereau has survived her husband's betrayal and death by returning to her family's ancestral plantation. She has confronted the verbal abuses of her childhood and regained her sense of personal worth. Now, she is determined to lead a quiet life...a life free of romantic entanglements.On the other side of the world, Mark Goodman, a journalist, has a different plan for Rachel. Forever changed by a single bullet, Mark redefines success. He will no longer roam the globe as a war correspondent. His new goals are to survive that bullet, walk again, and return home to Louisiana to claim his first and only love, Rachel D'Evereau. The time is right-or so Mark thinks.
