For ten years, Samantha Riggins and J. D. Kronos have convinced themselves they have the perfect relationship: no strings, no commitment, no future. All that changes when the son Sam gave up for adoption walks into her shelter—the son J.D. knows nothing about.

The presence of their child breaks through all the rules they've lived by. And suddenly what Sam thought she knew about J.D. turns out to be wrong. Are the feelings they share enough to keep them together? Especially now that the biggest secret is the one Sam never saw coming?