Some choices are hard to make...Heroic Choices - When the bomb went off...Major Brian Whitely lost not only his arm, but his independence. Now, faced with the prospect of returning to Fortune County to a house that is no longer really his home, he finds himself at the mercy of the woman who left with his heart years ago ... and possibly something else. When the phone rang...Reality caught up with Nicole Minor. After trying to make a new life for herself following the death of her father, Nikki finds herself in Founders, discovering too late the town's connection to her past. Now the only man she has ever loved is back in her life and her secrets are being revealed. Will the people she has come to love and trust ever be able to forgive her lies? ...but some lessons are harder to learn.Heroic Lessons - Grace Strong doesn't put up with whiners. After losing her parents at a young age and then losing her leg in Afghanistan she understands better than most that the only way to get through life is to keep moving forward. Everyone who does otherwise is just wasting her time. So why did she take a job treating a playboy celebrity who cares more about his ego than the advice of the people around him? To the world Steven Whitely is a carefree baseball player who doesn't form attachments and only comes home when needed. Yet the world has only scratched the surface of who he really is. Injured in an on-field brawl, Steven is forced to face down his emotional scars when his journey to recovery takes him home to Fortune County and places him in the care of the one woman who finally sees through him.