The journey of love is never easy, no matter how deep in love you are. Nevaeh Winters lives in a constant nightmare, she's a withdrawn version of the bright young girl she once was. She had her life ripped away from her from an early age by the one person who is suppose to protect her from the world and all its ugliness. She lived in silence, she put a smile on her face every morning that everyone believe, even her mom. Until she met the one person that saw through her façade. Ace Hunter has had his fair share of a hard life. With mom gone and his brothers not caring for him and a secret past of hi own he decides to move into the small town of Bloomingdale with his aunt. He doesn't let anyone close enough to him to have the opportunity of hurting him. When he first laid eyes on Nevaeh his heart has stopped, she was not only beautiful but she was guarded. One look at her and he knew the smile on her face was fake because it was the same smile he gives. When they finally meet in the whirlwind of young love and heart break, they both walk away even more broken than when they meet. Its years after they finally get the confrontation that they both needed, is true love strong enough to save their broken soul or is the past too damaging to let go of?