Sergeant Lance Smith lost his men in Afghanistan, lost his wife to divorce, and came home to an empty life. He expected to come home with his best friend, Jared. That didn't happen either. There is one thing he needs to do. He'd promised Jared he would visit his sister if anything happened to him. It doesn't seem like much, but Lance needs something to keep him moving forward. He just needs to track her down first. Once a nurturing heart and a competent psychiatrist, Sierra Thomas is now hiding from the world. She tried to make a difference and failed. She couldn't stop her brother-the brother she'd raised-from enlisting in the Marines. Then she failed her patients, ending her career. She retreated to her family's orange groves, hoping to forget the pain of her past.