How do you know what love is if you've never been in love? Where do you look for the answer? Sent to Mexico on assignment by her law firm, Michael Madison, a young, talented, but naïve young woman becomes deeply, passionately involved with a married man. Realizing her affair with the wealthy Mexican will end badly she returns home hoping to resume her life and expecting the success of her assignment will advance her career. But fate has something different in mind. Leaving friends and family behind, Michael accepts a position with a small underfunded non-profit over a hundred miles from home. The dramatic changes in her life are further complicated when she meets a handsome doctor, but will her illicit affair always cast a dark shadow over her life.