U.S. Navy Lieutenant Angus R. Talbot has met the love of his life, a slender blonde Navy brat who knows precisely what the life of the family of a Navy SEAL is like. The same thing that makes her so desirable makes their love almost impossible...Lindy Kellogg knows exactly what kind of toll the life exacts. She is also haunted by the memory of how her own mother failed miserably at being a good SEAL wife and fears that she may have inherited her mother's flaws. It takes a brief separation and a life and death situation to enable her to see what truly matters to her. The only question that remains, is whether Angus can find her in time to save her life...