After a grueling day in the emergency room, Dr. Lynn Taylor is just about ready to go home when she is thrust into a critical care situation. The ER is a flurry of activity-the result of a terrible rush-hour accident. As Dr. Taylor triages the patients, she also treats the elderly Mrs. Sarah Davidson, who's been brought to the ER by her adult children. Mrs. Davidson's son, Detective Thom Davidson, is a single man who suddenly develops a strong liking for his mother's doctor.

Lynn has given up on having a meaningful love life. With Thom's coaxing, Lynn enters into a relationship with him that catapults her into a rollercoaster of deep desires and a longing for passionate love.

But love isn't easy, as Lynn knows, and things are only complicated when she discovers that Thom is still being pursued by a former lover. Unable to handle the pain of Thom's past relationship, Lynn volunteers as a doctor on a reservation in another state and soon meets another man. Now, faced with an uncertain future with Thom, Lynn must make a choice-and come to terms with her painful past.