Matt Callahan is a successful achitect, living in the solitude and peacefulness of the Texas hill country. He is content, life is good, business is steady, but when his friend requests him to design a large housing project in the mountains above Monterrey, Mexico, the serenity of that world is turned upside down by an exquistely beautiful woman. Her name is Abby Casal and in the rare, single spark of that first moment, when Matt Callahan sees her walk into the El Mirado restaurant, he knows the emotional realm of life as he knows it, will never be the same. They had never spoken, but Abby looked at Matt as if she knew of his feelings, as if she thought that this was the way he should feel, and more, as if he was the one for whom she had always been waiting. It called forth emotions that wouldn't disappear, and led them down magical paths that only lovers follow. But with it all came the pain of choosing, forcing them to face their lives in ways they could never have imagined...for Abby was not a free woman.