Hope Wilson lost her husband and little girl in one terrible night. Returning to Pleasant Spring, Missouri, she finds the man she never forgot sitting in her kitchen-at least it will be hers once she meets the conditions to inherit. She begins a three-month endurance to prove she's good enough for the house and to resume being mother to her child. Then threats form to take her daughter, and a man lays claim to the house, sending Hope into the darkness of despair and temptation. Lawyer Wes Knight and his sister are Hope's reluctant housemates. Hope broke his heart four years earlier, but he's never forgotten her. Seeing her, even in passing, each day brings back old memories and feelings he can't ignore. But is this true love or only sympathy for the girl he remembers?.