The heart reveals what the mind cannot fathom. As a lawyer, Sheri Smith has a heart for victims of injustice, the abused, and the poor who are unable to afford professional help.After losing a custody case that emotionally devastates her, Sheri's pain is exacerbated by grief over the death of her beloved grandparents who raised her. She leaves the legal system and goes home to pursue a lifelong dream of turning their estate in southern Alabama into an upscale bed-and-breakfast inn and resort.Bradley Jenkins has been Sheri's best friend since first grade when they lived on adjoining acreage, roamed the woods, fished the streams, swam in the creek pool, and lived the perfect childhood. He returns home from Atlanta and opens an architectural business in the nearest town.Bradley harbors a desire to be more than friends, but Sheri adamantly refuses to be romantically involved with a bestie who seems more like her brother... Until a beautiful and sexy office assistant brings out the secrets of Sheri's deep-seated hang-ups and makes her second guess her ideals and desires.