Anna has studiously avoided her Aunt Rose--the woman she once loved more than anyone else in the world--ever since the night Rose betrayed Anna and her mother, Rose's own fatally ill sister. In the sixteen years that have passed, Anna has built another life for herself far from her hometown on Maryland's eastern shore, but she can't forgive or forget.

Now another betrayal, by a faithless lover, has brought Anna back to her family's restaurant, where Rose needs her estranged niece's help--and trust--more than ever before. Determined to leave as soon as the struggling business is back...