Simplicity Peterson has never cared about fitting in, but she's ready to put her couch-surfing days behind her. First step toward planting roots-find a way to make a difference in her new community. Volunteering to help the reclusive and notoriously difficult Ethan Witherford will help people see the good side of her. If she tries hard enough, she should be able to keep everyone in town from thinking of her as the crazy hippie. She expects to feel good about performing this important community service, but she's far from prepared when Ethan turns out to be the most dangerous rollercoaster she's ever had the pleasure of riding. Ethan had been tortured enough as a POW. He doesn't need this free-spirited nymph interfering in his quiet, uncomfortable existence. His one goal in life is to make his estranged parents miserable, and he can't fulfill that destiny if Simplicity continues yanking him from his dark cave as she chases a world of make-believe. His scars are external. Hers are internal. She can look past his. Can he do the same?