With nine years and a turbulent childhood between them Kendra and Jamie have never been storybook sisters After a long estrangement theyve finally begun to heal their hurts and forge a new bondNow Jamie is offering a gift Kendra has long since given up hoping for the fondest wish of her hearta baby Already raising two young girls on her own Jamie wants to become a gestational surrogate for Kendra and her husband Isaac giving birth to a child the husband and wife have created together Despite some lingering misgivings about her once-wayward younger sisters commitment Kendra agrees and soon Jamie is pregnantIn addition to this amazing gift of life Jamie has designed a new house for Kendra and Isaac and is overseeing its construction on Isaacs ancestral property along the Shenandoah River with the help of Cash Rosslyn one of the most attractive men Jamie has known By giving her sister both a home and a family Jamie hopes to prove to Kendra that she deserves absolution for her past mistakes But when a medical crisis threatens her health and her promising new relationship with Cash Jamie learns that the most difficult choice in her life is yet to comeand its cost may be beyond calculation.