Desiree Johnson hasn't been home to Idlewild, Michigan in over seventeen years, but she and her son, Tyree, rush there when she receives news about her father. Tyson Rockwell is taken aback by her return. Their summer relationship was once powerful, but he succumbed to family pressure and let Desiree go. Now that she's back, he vows it will not happen again. He needs to prove to Desiree that he never stopped loving her--despite his wife and children. Meanwhile Desiree's siblings, Donna and Ernest, Jr., have their own share of childhood secrets and adult scandals--and their father's recovery will jeopardize their plans. -- adapted from back cover