Charlotte Madden and Brett McDonell had an innocent teenage love people dream of, but at the end of their senior year it all became a nightmare. Charlotte was at a tragic crossroad and knew whatever direction she chose, it would tear their lives apart. The final decision to protect Brett required her to tell her heart to stop beating for the man she planned to marry and walk out of his life for good.

Fourteen years later, she's surrounded by the loneliness of her decision and strangled by her guilt. The space in her heart that love once filled has stayed empty all that time, but as her life starts to crumble, she encounters Glenda, an older woman who exudes more tenderness to her in a short time than she's felt her whole life. Glenda's affection stirs the hope that she possibly could be loved again.

Though Charlotte fears telling Glenda the depth of her buried secrets, Charlotte doesn't know that Glenda has deep scars from her own grief and sorrow. As their journeys collide, something unforeseen changes both their lives forever. But after the dust of the miracle settles, Charlotte faces another pivotal decision. Will she continue to let her past hold her captive or is she willing to allow forgiveness to set her free?