This is a great love story with a twist. Tick has been in love with Gracie for 13 years and after his fathers death she and her son comes to live on a house on his land. The romanic between then brings up based on the fact that she had something to do with the murder of Tick's father. As the story goes on and they spend time together truth behind his father's death starts to surface. Gracie has 3 secerts that she won't tell Tick until he sexual gets it out of her. She has never been touched or caught another man's eye like Tick has done for her. Tick believes she has been in bed with more lovers than anyone but the way she acts around him makes him start to wonder if it is just him or her. I loved how the truth of her son and the murder of Tick's father brings them both together in a way they should have been 13 years ago.