Loren Mackenzie knew the headline in The Sun was misleading, but the Women's World Time Trial Champion still felt the sting. With her team's season winding down, reuniting with boyfriend, Graham Atherton is tops on her holiday to-do list. But as rumors and innuendo swirl around the couple, secrets they have kept from each other shake their relationship to its foundation.
Her fragile confidence is tested when Loren discovers details of her relationship with Felix Lalonde were provided to the media, forcing her to admit things about herself she didn't want to face. Still reeling from the headlines, a bittersweet reunion someone from her childhood becomes the catalyst for reliving the fractured memories, bringing back resentment and betrayal. She turns to Graham for support, but can she trust him fully?
All the while obsession and greed churn into a storm on the horizon, threatening Loren and those closest to her. When the tempest hits, what is uncovered tilts the axis of her world.
In the second novel of the Wheeler series, can Loren believe that even in darkness, there is still light, there is still hope; there is still love.