Harper Lake works hard to appear—and be—a self-sufficient, calm, and confident woman. She never dreamed of having children, and she doesn't like it if anyone makes her nervous. It seemed that she was hiding all her complexes under a mask of self-confidence. But the mask of Nick Tate, the man with whom she spent a night full of passion, is even more durable. He pretends that everything is fine in his life, although his soul is tormented by the ghosts of war... Will Harper and Nick be able to find happiness together?