Gas station coffee is the highlight of Lily Slone's boring outing until fate intervenes... Along with the barrel of a gun and a lost soldier who saves her life.
Jasper Hutson-a homeless Marine, discarded by his family after returning home from the war wounded-reacted on instinct. But this one act brings him to Lily's attention, and not because he saves her life. She sees something else in him. Something no one else sees.
Refusing to give up on him when everyone else does, Lily offers Jasper a place to stay and an opportunity to get back on his feet. That one offer will change her world. When they grow closer and Jasper makes Lily's life so much easier, she's not sure she can go back to living without him.
As life moves forward and they get into their own rhythm, Lily discover something about Jasper that he's kept hidden. Will she continue to reach for her happily ever after or will they both remain wounded?