[1] Miles Ryan's life seemed to end the day his wife Missy was killed in a hit-and-run accident two years ago.

As deputy sheriff of New Bern, North Carolina, he not only grieves for her and worries about their young son Jonah but longs to bring the unknown driver to justice.

A young woman recovering from a difficult divorce, Sarah moved to New Bern hoping to start over.

But what neither realizes is that they are also bound together by a shocking secret, one that will force them to reexamine everything they believe in- including their love.

After spending some time with Sarah he starts to like her and by the end of the novel he already viewed her as someone similar to his mom.

Miles was always obsessed with finding an answer so when someone told him that Otis Timson bragged about killing Missy he did not think twice and tried to arrest him.