Danica Sawyer had pined after Lucas Monroe for fifteen whole years, and all that time, she never even managed to carve out even the smallest space in his heart. To everyone else, he was perfect in every way, except for the one massive, impossible-to-ignore flaw that he didn't love her. By the seventh year of their marriage, Danica finally saw the writing on the wall. She made up her mind to let go. She even went out of her way to help Lucas secure a formal, public relationship with the one who'd always been his first love, just so she could finally cut herself free for good. Then one day, it hit Lucas like a ton of bricks: all that time, the woman who'd looked at him like he hung the moon and the stars, the woman who'd centered her entire world around him, had vanished without a single sound. He chased her trail across every inch of the country, from the bustling southern coast to the frigid northern plains, but he couldn't find a single trace of her. That's the story everyone knew. But the real truth? No one had a clue.