Lily hasn’t always had it easy, but that’s never stopped her for working hard for the life she wants. She’s come a long way from a small town in Maine where she grew up— she graduated from college, moved to Boston, and started her own business. So when she feels a spark from a gorgeous neurosurgeon named Ryle Kincaid, everything in Lily’s life suddenly seems to good to be true. Ryle is assertive, stubborn, maybe even a little arrogant. He’s also sensitive, brilliant, and has a total soft spot for lily, but Ryle’s complete aversion to relationships is disturbing. As questions about her new relationship overwhelm her, so do the thoughts of Atlas Corrigan—her first love and a link to the past she left behind. He was her kindled spirit, her protector. When Atlas suddenly reappears, everything Lily has built with Ryle is threatened.