After a horrific car crash leaves her a widow, Sabrina Hall-Jackson makes the difficult decision to leave the life she’d created in New York and return to her hometown of Haven, South Carolina. She hopes familiarity will heal her grief, but going home proves more difficult than she’d imagined. With her heart still yearning for the love she’d lost, Sabrina finds herself spiraling into a vast depression that threatens to consume her – body and soul. In an attempt to overcome her pain, Sabrina surrounds herself with family and childhood friends, and slowly begins to move on. However, she doesn’t realize that amidst the nostalgia and uplifting memories, is the one person that holds the spark to reignite her heart, and her life.
Now a civilian, Derek can take over the family business in Haven, South Carolina. It's no easy mission though when he butts heads with the Grill’s spitfire of a manager. He has his work cut out for him, learning the ins and outs of the Blue Ribbon Grill, and convincing Ellie he’s more than a name on the lease. Ellie hates the way Derek thinks he knows the customers, the staff and the business. To her, he’s an interloper in a place she considers her second home. Those feelings are only exacerbated when she realizes she can't shake her attraction to him -- even though he stands for everything she's against.