༺❃༻They say true love only finds you once. ༺❃༻ I've always believed things happen for a reason, but things don't always happen the way you planned. Callie thought her life was finally changing, she was so close to grasping the brass ring. Then tragedy struck, and she once again lost everything. My name is Callie Bailey, and I wasn't always in love with Maison Keller; I was in love with Drayton Clay, first. Drayton was my first love, my first kiss, my first everything. The day Drayton proposed to me, was not only the best day of my life but the most tragic as well. I died that night with him. Maison walked into my life and flipped it on its axis. He didn't just teach me to live, he showed me that there was more to live for. Then the unthinkable happened. My world once again came crashing down around me. Running away from her past, Kai Sterling was there to catch Callie. My name is Kai Sterling, and I know I shouldn't get involved with her, but there's something about the woman sitting in a mud puddle in the middle of a rainstorm crying, that pulled at my heart. Callie was something I never thought I would have, but deep down always wanted. Can Kai save Callie from her past, or will her past be too much for him to handle? SM Stryker brings you this highly emotional story filled with lost loves and the man with the heart of gold.