Cecile Cooke, CiCi, has been in love with Logan Adams, her brothers' best friend, since she was twelve years old. Since he never showed any interest, it left CiCi to make plans to escape Montana and her controlling, meddling, mother. Logan experiences an untimely loss, but urges CiCi to continue on to New York and follow her dreams of becoming a world-class chef. Logan and CiCi reunite at a wedding, where Logan decides to confess his past interest, and CiCi's forced to confront her conflicted feelings.

After surviving Iraq, Claire finally has her life on track. The nightmares have stopped along with her need for physical therapy. She has friends and a husband she wouldn't trade for the world. Nearing the end of her residency, tragedy strikes with the loss of her husband in Afghanistan. Friends rally around her, but will her heart ever fully recover?