Alexander Bronwyn keeps his heart well-guarded, except when it comes to his son, Elliot. When his son's declining health requires a dire bone marrow transplant, adopted Alexander must delve deeply into his past to find those who share the same DNAElaine Hannel thought she lost her first-born forty years prior during childbirth. That is until he came to her uncovering a decades' old mystery she didn't know existed. Shocked, Elaine is forced to relive the past she'd put behind her so long ago, with a former lover and the death of her child she only met for a blink of a moment.While the rest of the Hannels are confused, and feel deceived, Lucy Brooks is the only person accepting and sympathetic of Alexander and his plight. A single parent herself, she sees in Alex a man who will do anything for his son, no matter the pain and conflict it causes. What she doesn't see is the soul connection to a man so overburdened with life, all he has left is to let go and let her take some of that away for him.