They've both dug their roots deep...eight hundred miles apart.Zoe Griffin has a fresh new life - a hard-earned doctorate degree and a burgeoning nutritionist practice in Colorado. The only thing missing is the man she fell in love with.Cooper Flannagan did "new life" ad nauseam as an Army brat and shudders at the very mention of change. His fellow firefighters on San Amaro Island, Texas, are his family. He's dug his roots deep, and he finally feels like he belongs. But can he ever be truly content without the woman he loves?