Ten-year-old Sydney Dixon doesn't really fit in with the other kids at the survivors' camp, but that's alright. She gets by just fine . . . until the day some of her fellow survivors come back from a supply run without her uncle. Everything seems to go downhill after that.

Lucas is a single father while Brooke is separated from her husband. Their similar experiences bring them together. As the months pass, their friendship slowly blossoms into romance. Will they be able to push past the hurt to love again? Or will their past relationships stop them from being together?