Walking away from Travis Vance years ago was tough ... asking for his help now is even more difficult. U.S. Air Force Major Patricia Streeter needs her former college sweetheart's help in a secret internal investigation of suspected wrongdoings at her base in Colorado Springs. But while their pretense of dating makes the Vance family happy, it stirs up long-buried dreams of home and family for the titianhaired major. Can she help the man she'd always loved find the peace his jaded heart needs and give their relationship a second chance -- before the Diablo crime syndicate eliminates them?