Two years after losing his wife during childbirth, Officer Von Bennett is doing his best to raise his daughter, Alani, while keeping his emotions locked behind a badge and a broken heart. Then there's Kerria Love Banks-Alani's new teacher. Quiet, gentle, and a little different from everyone else. Her world runs on structure and understanding, not chaos and confrontation. Von's guarded, Kerria's patient, and neither expects their worlds to collide the way they do. But sometimes healing doesn't come how you expect-it comes in the form of someone who sees you, even when you don't recognize yourself anymore. He thought his heart died with Amani... until Kerria taught him how to feel again.