Gwen Forrester, Ph.D., 32, gifted psychotherapist and beautiful widow, is stuck in a rut, dating hotties on the fast track, when what she really wants is a life partner who'll help her raise a family and make a difference in her home town of Tompkins Falls. New in town, Officer Peter Shaughnessy, 30, has recovered from the damage he suffered in a drug bust in his hometown of Syracuse, but he's still smarting from his ex-wife's betrayal and, before that, the years of abuse from his alcoholic father. When Gwen's very-pregnant niece, Haley, trips the security system at Gwen's lakeside home one moonlit summer night, it's love at first sight for responding Officer Peter and stunned Aunt Gwen. By joining forces to help Haley, Peter and Gwen discover they're a good team. Long, exhilarating canoe trips convince them they're on the same page with their life goals. Then a destructive squall lands them on the rocks, and a night of stormy passion reveals painful truths that drive them apart. Are they willing to go to any length to find their way back to love?