A compelling story of how a tragic event changes a young woman's life forever.

Tana is raped at college by the son of her mother's boss and long-term lover. The reaction of her mother devastates Tana and she is forced to keep her terrible ordeal a secret, even from her best friend Harry.

She channels the anger and bitterness she feels into her studies and then her career, becoming a powerful and highly regarded lawyer. But her success is marred by the scars of her traumatic past and a deep-seated determination to learn from the mistakes her mother made.

When Harry is involved in an attack and is paralysed, Tana struggles to gain control of her life and is thrown into one ill-fated relationship after another. Her only hope is to face up to the emotional issues that hold the key to her happiness and pray it is not too late to forgive.