Lily hasn't always had it easy, but that's never stopped her from working hard for the life she wants. She's come a long way from the small town in Maine where she grew up - she graduated from college, moved to Boston, and started her own business. So when she feels a spark with a gorgeous neurosurgeon named Ryle Kincaid, everything in Lily's life suddenly seems almost too good to be true.

Ryle is assertive, stubborn, maybe even a little arrogant. He's also sensitive, brilliant, and has a total soft spot for Lily, but Ryle's complete aversion to relationships is disturbing.

As questions about her new relationship overwhelm her, so do thoughts of Atlas Corrigan - her first love and a link to the past she left behind. He was her kindred spirit, her protector. When Atlas suddenly reappears, everything Lily has built with Ryle is threatened.

Lily non sempre o tivo fácil, pero iso nunca lle impediu traballar duro para conseguir a vida que desexa. Percorreu un longo camiño desde o pequeno pobo de Maine onde creceu, graduouse na universidade, mudouse a Boston e montou o seu propio negocio. Así que cando sente a faísca dun guapísimo neurocirurxián chamado Ryle Kincaid, de súpeto todo na vida de Lily parece demasiado bo para ser verdade.
Ryle é asertivo, testán, talvez mesmo un pouco arrogante. Tamén é sensible, brillante e sente debilidade por Lily, pero a total aversión de Ryle ás relacións resulta inquietante.
A medida que as preguntas sobre a súa nova relación a atafegan, tamén o fan os pensamentos sobre Atlas Corrigan, o seu primeiro amor e un vínculo co pasado que deixou atrás. Era a súa alma xemelga, o seu protector. Cando Atlas reaparece de súpeto, todo o que Lily construíu con Ryle vese ameazado.