Reeling from her mother's sudden death, law student Rianne Hazelwood travels to Ghana as a way to heal and find out more about the place her mother called her second home. Falling in love with an African man was the last thing on her mind, but Xavier Osei is no ordinary man. Their whirlwind marriage produced a swift ruthless heartache that left Rianne incapable of loving another man again.

Ten years after escaping her doomed marriage, they meet again in beautiful St. Croix. Xavier is determined to win his wife back and she is determined to return to her carefully constructed life without him. But when he finally reveals what he knows about her family secrets, the shock is too much to bear. She learns deception and love are the two greatest forces on earth, what will she do now that both have joined forces against her?