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Bree Cordel Whitman is a Whitman by marriage, but sometimes she forgets she wasn’t born into Grant and Audrey’s family. Her late husband, Timothy Whitman, gave his life for his country on a windblown hill in Afghanistan. Bree has let the love of Tim’s family keep her ties to him strong—in the same way she keeps Tim’s memory alive for them. But it’s been almost five years, and she can’t hang onto the past forever.

Fighting the guilt she feels for wanting to love again, she can’t help her dreams about a tall, dark, and handsome man—a man who is not her Tim. How can she accept the flirtations from Drew Brooks without throwing the Whitman family back into grieving? And how can Drew compete with the ghost of a hero and the hero’s very alive family who seem to hold some spell over the woman who shares their name . . . a woman he might just love?

Bree Cordel Whitman became part of the Whitman family the moment she said “I do” to her husband, Timothy. Tragically, five years ago, Timothy was killed in Afghanistan, and Bree’s in-laws Grant and Audrey were her biggest support throughout the tragedy—and still are.

When her co-worker Aaron Jakes begins pursuing her, Bree feels the rekindling of feelings she hasn’t felt for so long. But she fights guilt, knowing that accepting a new man’s love would naturally cut her ties to the beloved Whitman family. After all, what type of man would tolerate her having such a close relationship with her late husband’s family?

When another man shows his interest, Bree feels even more troubled. There are two good men wanting to woo her heart—but neither of them are Tim. Bree knows she can’t hang on to the past forever, but how can she keep the Whitman family and move toward finding love again?