Seven months pregnant with three small children and a new job is difficult for most women with a spouse at their side. Whitney was alone, but she was strong. She would not be broken. When her young boys ask to take karate lessons, Whitney shifts her budget to accommodate them. It sounded like a good outlet for their emotions and energy. The one thing she doesn't plan on is her attraction to the soft spoken, muscular karate instructor. Whitney isn't looking for love, romance or a lover, especially someone so masculine, so outgoing, so handsome, and sexy as Heath Dixon. When a new client, Veronica Nelson, an elderly woman with a sweet smile hires Whitney as her personal attorney, Whitney discovers Veronica has a claim against a lucrative corporation that owes her millions of dollars. Yet Veronica refuses to go to the police. Instead, she asks Whitney to rewrite her Will. Afterward, Veronica dies mysteriously starting a chain of events that quickly spirals out of control. Whitney discovers there are some things she cannot face alone and finds herself turning to the only man who can protect her.