V. a. Buck Boeken

At thirty-nine, Terri Carterre turns home to her small, southern hometown alone and heart-broken after her ten-year relationship has failed. She would never again be able to give her heart after this one ended in such devastation. She had always been the one to end the relationship when things didn't work out, but she never saw this one coming. In her mind, she thought this one would last forever. After weeks of painful soul searching, she begins her road to recovery by finding the inner strength to set her spirit free. As her emotional journey begins to unfold, she renews her enduring desire to have a child and finds an Obstetrician who can make her dream a reality. Dr. Aubrey Shannon, from Boston, moved her practice to this southern town a few years ago, where she hoped to reunite with a secret, lost love. Through endless months of soul searching, Terri finds more in her emotional journey with Aubrey than she bargained for...a relationship. But this journey will require her to once again open her heart and old wounds. Their separate journeys might just end upchanging both their lives forever.