"Will Lauren ever love me again?" Gracie Thorne leaves home to attend medical school, and experience life on her own. She also leaves behind her first love, and just can't forget the sizzling chemistry they share. Offered the job of her dreams, she returns to her hometown excited to provide medical care to the less fortunate. But her heart has never forgotten Lauren, the intense and thoughtful woman who has taught her what love is about. So,will the tempestuous blue-eyed girl ever forgive her for leaving her behind? Lauren Blackwood is at rock bottom. Her mother has recently passed away, she is struggling to make ends meet, and the only woman she's ever loved dumped her. Now Gracie has come strolling back into her life, most likely expecting everything to return to the way it used to be. But that's easier said than done. Despite the intense love she feels for Gracie, Lauren is afraid of getting hurt. Is she capable of opening her heart again, or will she continue her lonely existence, wondering what could have been?