Life is always looking for ways to screw you over. Scott McDermott survived the foster care system and knows better than to let anyone close, but Liam Walsh is his one vulnerability. Twice Scott let down his guard, and twice Liam vanished from Scott's life. So when Scott comes face-to-face with Liam for the first time in six years, he punches Liam in the nose. Only after Scott's friend--and Baltimore County police officer--Jamie reads him the riot act does Scott discover that in the intervening years Liam has been to war and lost his leg. Liam hasn't had the easiest life either. He took care of his drug-addicted mom when she was unable to take care of herself. He's fallen in love with Scott twice, but when Liam saw Scott going down the same path as his mother, he left. The lesson that he can't save everyone has been a painful one for Liam to learn. Maybe what he and Scott had can't ever be fixed. Scott and Liam have never fallen out of love--which becomes obvious when they start working together--but what will make this time any different from all the others? Will the third time really be a charm?