**Book Two** Lacey quickly discovers being in love is harder than she thought, and sometimes, good intentions have no value with the people who want to see her fail. Living in a state of hopeful denial, she is completely blindsided when the past they tried to run from catches up to them. When she and Reed are ripped apart, she learns her loving husband isn't as strong as she thought he was. Their united front crashes and burns in the blink of an eye. Alone, abandoned, and heartbroken, life throws her down a new path that is far more uncertain than marrying her stepbrother. Where once she was timid and afraid of the world, she has no choice but to face a future alone. Trying to be brave, she may have just put herself into another forbidden situation with a series of impulsive choices. Sadly, Lacey soon discovers that history will repeat itself.