If you trust your heart， you ll always know who you are . . . Each summer， Kate Livingston returns to her family s lakeside cottage， a place of simple living and happy times -- a place where she now hopes her shy little boy can blossom. But her quiet life gets a bit more interesting with the arrival of an intriguing new neighbor， JD Harris. Although she is a confirmed single mother and knows little of JD s past， Kate is soon drawn into the sweetness of a summer romance and discovers the passion of a lifetime. JD has good reason for being secretive. In a moment of sheer bravery the Washington， D.C.， paramedic prevented a terrible tragedy. Overnight the intensely private man became a national hero. He s hardly able to remember who he was before the media frenzy . . . until he escapes to this lovely， remote part of the Northwest. Now Kate Livingston and her son have rekindled the joy of small pleasures and peace， something he thought he d never have again. But how long will his blissful anonymity last before reality comes banging at his door?