Jesse Filmore has a new life waiting for him. There's just one thing he has to do first—face his painful past in New Springs. This dusty desert town is filled with bad memories, not to mention the accusing looks of all the people he once called friends. So as soon as he can sell his mother's house, he's out of here.

But then Julia Adams shows up, son in tow. A constant reminder of all the things he can't have—and even more reason to bury his ghosts here and move on. But how can Jesse desert his best friend's widow…and the woman he secretly loves?