He left it all behind. Until now.

It''s New Year''s Eve, and for Matt Jefferies, life is perfect. The penthouse, the career–even the perfect soon-to-be-fiancée. But then Matt''s troubled past knocks on his door. And once Allie Carson says hello, everything changes.

Allie broke up with Matt years ago, when he turned "that kid from Beaker Street" into a cold, corporate city slicker. It went against what she loved about him–and the small-town life she could never leave. Now, with Matt''s estranged family facing desperate times, it''s time for him to come home. And to choose between the man Matt''s become…and the woman who never stopped loving him.