Brooke Rawlings’s marriage to Carl—a controlling man who spends more time at the office than he does at home—is less than ideal. When he breaks another promise to their son, Charlie, he sets an unexpected chain of events in motion.

Not wanting to disappoint Charlie, Brooke takes him to the beach herself. There, he nearly drowns, if not for Hunter Jamison. Beyond grateful, Brooke develops a friendship with Hunter. Their relationship, born out of gratitude, eventually turns into love.

When Carl’s pervasive bad behavior and verbal abuse becomes intolerable, Brooke decides to leave him, only to have her plans thwarted by an unexpected twist of fate.

Brooke is forced to push Hunter away and stay with Carl, even though he has failed to change his authoritarian ways .Despite being consumed by guilt, Brooke’s love for Hunter only grows stronger and deeper. Brooke has done right by Carl, by her children, and by her sister. Now it’s time to do what’s right by her.