Tom is back. He left the life he knew behind to start over with Lisa and her kids. But while Tom is getting more and more used to being loved and loving back, he needs to build a new identity. To give him time Lisa has to step up to keep his overseas enterprise running and she stumbles across one secret after another. Bit by bit she digs deeper into his past, revealing misfortunes, his sins, and finally pushing him to confront his biggest fear, searching for his roots.

Katie Holmes is a caffeine addict. Between college, and taking care of her brother, it's acceptable. Though, it doesn't help that the cafe down the street is full of handsome baristas, including one William Cerak in particular who has a mysterious scar on his wrist. Synopses will be the death of my publishing career.

Love is the last item on Lisa's agenda on the track to a carefree life: Juggling kids, work and the fact that she has no family support in a country she loves, but doesn't call home. That is, until Tom enters her life with the prospect of a no-strings attached affair while on business in Sydney. Running a successful enterprise and without family commitments, Tom is everything Lisa is not. He brings the uncertainty back into her life and the tears she has sworn to not ever shed over a man again. But while Lisa is struggling coming to terms with a short-lived romance, Tom has his own demons to fight. Some chapters are rated R.