words once spoken can mend a broken lifeor cripple it but words left unspoken can haunt the soul inflicting a far deeper woundannabelle grayson has been given a second chance at life but she cant claim it with the cloud of her past hanging over her in willow springs after her husband dies she advertises for a trail guide to accompany her to land waiting for her in idahoand a most unlikely candidate applies for the jobmatthew taylor is a man on the run with consequences of past mistakes pursuing him at every turn meeting annabelle grayson the first time was unpleasant enough but when she crosses his path again her presence in his lifeand what she revealsis devastating if given a single wish matthew would turn back time and right a grievous wrong if given a second wish he would make annabelle grayson pay