When life gets complicated, Carmen Reid decides the only place to be is home. Leaving everything in Australia, she returns to London and to the love and support of her family and friends – something she desperately needs right now. How can she be strong when all she feels is pain and weakness? And how can she fight something she’s sure is hell bent on destroying her? Carter Manning is heading to England for his brother’s wedding, and the last thing he expects is for his life to change. But then he meets Carmen, best friend of the bride-to-be and something awakens inside him. When Carmen confesses a shocking truth, a truth that changes everything for him, he realises that he wants to help, protect and be there for her and he promises he will be. Through the most devastating time in Carmen’s life, Carter becomes her strength. He gives her a reason to fight and without even realising it, she becomes his everything, leaving them both wondering one thing… how can something so beautiful come out of the ugliest of things? **