Touré knew she couldn't stay in Sierraville; there was too much heartbreak there. She'd left her hometown and everything that came with it and hadn't looked back. Now, after twelve years of excuses, her family isn't taking no for an answer. Obligated to go back for her grandmother's "moonstone birthday celebration," she prepares to face her past-and face her past she does. Michael "Spade" Jackson tried the love thing twice-once with his first love Jade, and a second time with his shotgun bride of nine months. Now he's sworn off love unless it involves his daughter. He doesn't need it. After taking over his father's construction company, he has everything he needs in a town as small as Sierraville. He's settled, and after it's taken him so long to get to this point, he doesn't care to run into any unwelcome distractions. But speak of the devil and she will appear.

"If I told you a flower bloomed in a dark room would you trust it"