Two days before her eighteenth birthday, Courtney Holloman took her shirt off in a tattoo parlor and let a stranger put a pair of hearts over her breast. Jack Camdon took the matching one on the other side, so they would meet when the two of them hugged. In eight weeks they were going to be on their own, but Courtney left without explaining why.
She's thirty-eight now and she lobbies Capitol Hill for the chemical industry. This week's work is helping a senator bury what the research says about pesticides. She has no pets and no relationships, and she keeps a standing appointment with an escort service.
Jack stayed in Illinois. She's an entomologist who keeps bees, and she's worried about the environment.
When Courtney's uncle ends up in the hospital, she has no choice but to return to her hometown. Of course she runs into Jack in her uncle's hospital room, of all places.
On opposite sides of the table, can they bridge the distance and get their second chance at love? Time will tell.