Description: A lingering love for her dead husband leaves Korey Westerfield unprepared to recognize a mutual attraction when she meets charming Marc Bradberry.
Marc is instantly smitten. He nurtures a platonic friendship and hides his deeper feelings the same way he hides a tormenting secret: his loveless marriage to a comatose wife. He tries yet fails to reveal his duplicity and compromises the innocence of friendship in a night of passion.
With Marc, Korey finds renewed happiness until she discovers his deception. She flees her native Tennessee for New Mexico. There, Korey meets Jim Yellowhawk, a handsome rancher whose mission is that of making Korey forget Marc.
Upon the death of his wife, Marc is free to pursue the woman who haunts his dreams. He follows a thin thread of clues as he searches for Korey among red mesas in the high desert. But when he finds her, a year has passed, and Korey is not at all sure she wants him back in her life. The road to reconciliation is as rocky as the washed-out trails he has traversed to find her.
is an intimate portrayal of the strength of love and the power of forgiveness.