There're only a few characters in the book, Denise Holton, Taylor McAden and of course.. some "nameless" characters in the book that are not important to the story.
A volunteer fireman, Taylor McAden is driven to take terrifying and heroic risks to save lives. But there is something that he can't do, and that is to fall in love. A men who likes to rescue troubled women, he inevitably leaves them soon as they want more from him. The one day, a storm hits a small town. Taylor then comes across a young, single mother named Denise Holton in a crashed car. When she revives, Taylor finds himself looking for her missing son and involved in a rescue different from all the others. This one will require him to open doors to his past slammed shut by pain. With Denise's help, she dares him to make the greatest commitment of all, to love someone forever.