Fleeing from the sinister attention of her secret admirer, Jo returned to her father's house, which she had long considered a stranger. A meeting with a childhood friend - the attractive, pirate-like Nathan Delaney - made the girl feel her loneliness more acutely, and his hot kisses awakened feelings that she did not dare to dream about. Each of them has their own reasons for avoiding love and affection, their own scars in their souls. Perhaps they would not have decided to start over if not for the mortal threat hanging over their lives.