Strong-arm tactics are no match for the power of love.Chris McQuaid is dying, and David Lamont will move mountains to fulfill his bestfriend’s last request—to have his estranged wife by his side until the end. A more spiteful,spoiled, callous woman never lived, but David agrees to talk her into it.Joanna McQuaid reached her breaking point a long time ago, but she couldn’t breakthings off permanently. Oppressive, manipulative and toxic as Chris is, she can’t divorcehim without becoming a pariah for abandoning the pillar of the community in his finaldays.That doesn’t mean she has to lay eyes on him, though—until David masterfully playson her last shred of guilt. After all, what kind of woman breaks a dying man’s heart?David congratulates himself for successfully dragging Joanna home, until he learnswho really mistreated whom…and how far Chris’s betrayal goes. As they unexpectedlydraw on each other for strength, Joanna and David discover something more. Somethingneither of them knew they needed.Warning: Contains two people who have been way too strong for way too long, awhole lot of justifiably broken vows, and three hearts who are running out of time to findforgiveness.