Several years after losing both her parents, Kimber Taylor is ready to create a new life. Her nursing career begins in the psychiatric ward of a county hospital where Kimber is drawn to a handsome colleague, Dr. Tom Williams. But when she accepts just one pain pill from a seemingly kindhearted nurse with the hopes of remedying a headache, Kimber has no idea that she has just embarked down a dark path where dreams disappear.

In the meantime, romance blooms between Kimber and Dr. Williams. Settling down with him seems like the next step in the ordinary life she has always wanted. But...