When you lose everything and everyone you ever loved, how do you keep on living? Nadia Faber is a survivor. After losing both her parents at age 12 and being thrust abandoned into the despicable foster care system, Nadia never lost hope. She never gave up. Not even after Trace, the love of her life, was arrested and taken away for trying to protect her from their sexually abusive foster dad. Now she's a fancy associate lawyer working for one of the best law firms in Chicago, locking up criminals and cleaning up the streets one piece of shit at a time. Trace O'Connor hasn't been the same ever since he went away to county. After being released from prison he enlists in the Marine Corps--to serve his country, to pay his debts, to prove to himself that he is a good person. It's been ten years since they last laid eyes on one another but the raw passion and yearning desire still burns stronger than ever between Trace and Nadia. They're completely different people in completely different places in life, and Trace is still running with the wrong crowd. Nadia is forced to make a decision that could jeopardize everything she has built for herself. Will the love they once had for each other resurface? And will it be enough to bring them together at last? This 80,000 word novel is for mature adults only - contains sexual content and adult themes.