Jack McKibbon researched and developd drills and water pumps that do one important job, finding water in extreme and dangerous conditions. Meanwhile his wife Mia was doing her best to keep their ranch alive and well. His job had him constantly traveling mostly overseas -- not the most ideal career for a newly married man and certainly reason enough for a five year marriage to face a troubled and truly doubtful future. If he were being truthful with himself, he would acknowledge that the lifestyle wasn't suiting him anymore but be couldn't see any way out.

Faced with attending a fundraiser with and for her absentee husband, Mia was placed in a precarious position and found herself once again helping him out of a difficult situation. He needed to publicly show off a wife he had hardly even seen over the last five years to stave off the rumors of an affair with the university dean's wife. As far as work was concerned, he was a confident person but his personal life was an entirely different matter. But each time Jack called Mia came full of hope for a real relationship. She was so much in love but she had to admit that Jack had never given her any reason to believe it was mutual. Sure they were lifelong friends but as time went on Mia knew she wanted and needed more. Mia stayed in the background allowing Jack to follow his dream of getting water to the world. It was hard to convince someone whose only vision of a family was filled with abuse not love, who had constructed an impervious shell around his heart. Jack never considered that he might be in love with Mia, his best friend, but he was doing his best to disregard any physical attraction between them seeing that as being disrespectful. Their relationship was complicated. But facing life without Mia, well Jack didn't know if that was possible and yet now that's what she was asking for -- a divorce. She needed to move ahead even if it was without Jack. Living the life of an Indiana Jones with adventure after adventure, Jack now faced his biggest challenge... to return home after a devastating accident to recover from his physical, mental and emotional wounds and face down his personal demons. And hopefully learn to live and maybe find real love and a family. Follow a new dream.

As a big fan of all the Indiana Jones movies, and Harrison Ford, this story was right up my alley. Her characters had great strength and deep compassion -- a truly enjoyable mix. Of course you are rooting for Jack and Mia to get their acts together. But just as life keeps you on your toes, their story showed that problems are rarely easy to solve and problems of the heart are probably the most difficult to repair. Enjoy.