A moving tale of second chances and creating a life worth living from Number One bestselling author, Danielle Steel. Charlie Vincent feels trapped in his treadmill of a life. He's doing a job he doesn't want to do, in a marriage where the romance died many years ago. All that interests his wife Isabelle is his money to fund her extravagant lifestyle. Their children have left home and there is nothing for him to look forward to. One evening on the road to their chateau, Charlie's car veers off the road, down a cliff and into the sea. The accident should've killed him but somehow he escapes the vehicle and finds the strength to climb to safety. The area is remote but in the growing darkness he sees a cottage in the woods. Aude, an artist who is escaping her own demons, welcomes him in and this fateful meeting will change both of their lives forever...