Dodge Ward used to have a place he called home but now the road is his only home. Without ties to anyone or anyplace, he is happy living his life on the road, eating in dingy diners, and avoiding the trappings of normal, boring, life.A stop in his childhood home reminds him of everything he left behind a lifetime ago.Dixie Harris always planned to get the hell out of her hometown if only to escape the memories of what could have been. When her past comes back looking as handsome and dangerous as ever, she's glad she stuck around.Can she get past his demons to prove she sees the sweet and handsome boy she thought she would grow old with, not the scarred and lonely man he has become?