To repay a debt to Naomi Finch, the cancer patient who saved his life and that of his love, Alina Pryce, Jamie Hale makes a devastating choice. He fakes amnesia, turning his back on Alina to shower Naomi with the attention she craves. Heartbroken and believing herself replaced, Alina stages her own death and flees abroad to rebuild her life and chase her dreams. Years later, Jamie, consumed by guilt and a twisted sense of obligation, torments Naomi in Alina’s name, trying to atone. But his efforts are in vain. No matter what he does, he cannot win Alina back—not when she has moved on, found true happiness, and built a life with someone who sees her worth, someone far better than the man who chose gratitude over love.
