*Disclaimer: this book contains sensitive subject matter. Reader discretion advised. Everybody has a past, right? What if your past never leaves you? What if your past haunts you every night? What if death comes knocking on your door, and refuses to go away time and time again? Ben, an oncology nurse, is surrounded with patients teased by death every day, but it's his past that suffocates him. While he's found ways of coping over the years, the lingering feeling of abandonment is like a noose being pulled tighter and tighter. Emily, a music therapist, has a tragic past and a tragic future...

Amy, a young criminal defense attorney in San Francisco, thinks she finally has everything she's ever desired in life. Six years after warding off all men, she meets and falls in love with Rich, a successful architect. After her father's passing, she takes over his prestigious law firm and wins her biggest case, affording her national attention. Just when she thinks she has it all, her past collides with her future, and she's left with the uncertainty of who she can trust. Within one month, her life takes a drastic turn; she has someone who gives her everything she wants and another who only...