Nikki has loved Mike for as long as she can remember (as early as age seven!) Mike has his own past hurts to resolve, having lost both parents in an accident when he was fourteen. He's tried to escape those painful memories by leaving New York and starting a new life on the West Coast. New facts indicate, years later, that his parents' deaths might not have been an accident. At Christmas Mike comes back to New York for the first time in three years. He and Nikki rekindle the friendship they had as children and share their newfound faith. Under a Christmas moon, romantic sparks fly . . . but their mutual attraction takes an unexpected detour. Nikki is devastated, believing her one chance for a relationship with Mike is over. She impulsively takes a one-year teaching opportunity in Paris, so that she can face her own fears and get over Mike. If Mike and Nikki run away, how can they find each other again?