A best friend's sister, second chance, military, small town romance. Dex and Marianela spent a magical weekend together. Three days later she was assigned to his combat platoon as their field medic and he found out she was his best friend's little sister. They had to act like they'd never met. Tragedy strikes and almost nine years later she's the new town physician in Willow Creek. He's never stopped thinking about her and all the things he should have done. She can't forgive him for the things he couldn't say. They both fight personal demons on a daily basis and are working through the trauma of their combat experience. Will the shadows between them keep them apart or push them together?