The painting by Dan McKay, up for sale at a local auction, brought back memories--memories that stung.

Cassie knew she should wipe away the past, but she also needed to possess small part of the man who had loved and then deserted her--changing the course of her life. So she was disappointed when a stranger outbid her.

Blind panic filled her, however, when she realized the stranger was Dan. What could have brought him back? And how was she to keep him from discovering what he'd left behind him--after their affair?