For the most part, the souls that live in the Crosswinds Apartments building in Carrefour—a small town located on the Missouri bank of the Mississippi River—form a tight knit diverse community . . . some living transparent lives while others have secrets to hide. And then there are those who have found themselves at a crossroads. The past she’d run from was about to come back to haunt Coco Lane. She’d hoped that her own personal miracle—Runner Alexander—would never find out all that she’d been through . . . what she’d done . . . bad choices she’d made . . . and where she’d come from. As it all came crashing down around her, she’d find that—as alone as she’d always been—she might not have to stay that way forever. Runner had fallen hard the first moment he saw her, but hadn’t been able to do anything about it for over two years. Now that he had her, even in the limited way she gave herself to him, he’d fight tooth-and-nail to keep her . . . no matter how violently the storms of her life—past and present—buffeted them. If only he could make her believe in his—and his family’s—ability to take care of her forever.