Tessa and Vince share a painful past together. As teenagers they had fallen in love, found out Tessa was pregnant, gotten married. When Tessa was six months pregnant she lost their son and had to have a hysterectomy. Soon after that they divorced, Vince left to join the Air Force and Tessa went to college.

Now twenty years later, Tessa is a Pediatrician and Vince has moved back to town with his son, Sean, who is 7 ½ months old and has a shoulder condition. There chemistry is still there, but do they still love each other? Can Tessa get over there past? Can Vince forgive himself for leaving? And when Tessa learns she's going to be a mom- she's finally going to be able to adopt a little girl.

Karen Rose Smith has written a very charming romance between two very vivid characters. The characters are older than most of the 20-somethings, which I like. Vince and Tessa are 38, and mature and successful, except with the matters of the heart. Also, secondary characters play a strong role in this book. I love secondary characters. I especially love the way they are in this book. It really shows Vince and Tessa have lives of their own, that they didn't sit around pinning for each other. And there is conflict throughout the entire novel, which drives the characters and forces them to face how they really feel about each other and pushes Tessa and Vince closer.