A masquerade ball.  A seized opportunity. A stolen innocence.

Alicia Elms is a girl of ten when she proclaims her love for twenty-year-old Gavin Kirk. But Gavin moves to America, and she’ll likely never see him again.

On the heels of Alicia’s v!olent assault, Gavin returns to her life, but he is only there temporarily—and is promised to another woman.

When Alicia’s predator silently terror!zes her, threatening her loved ones, she turns to the only man she trusts—Gavin. Her stolen innocence, a lingering threat, and a broken engagement later…she wonders if her childhood infatuation could actually be true love.

During this whirlwind of trauma, will Alicia discover a new woman inside herself?

Will she save the loved ones she’s vowed to protect?

Will she lose the battle over her own heart?