May Monroe's life is defined by the fear of ending up alone and unloved, so she settles for a quiet life of desperation: but even that fails her. Emotionally damaged by dangerous men and physically attacked by cancer, she's challenged to find...within herself...the strength to survive. From frigid Minnesota to the sizzling Middle East, through the confused exoticism of Bangkok and the romance of Venice, she finds herself overcoming fear and re-igniting her will to live.