Maya and Rebecca Ward are both accomplished physicians, but that's where thesisters' similarities end. As teenagers, they witnessed their parents' murder,but it was Rebecca who saved Maya from becoming another of the gunman'svictims. The tragedy left Maya cautious and timid, settling for a sedatemedical practice with her husband, Adam, while Rebecca became the risk taker.After a devastating hurricane hits the coast of North Carolina, Rebecca andAdam urge Maya to join them in the relief effort. To please her husband, Mayafinally agrees. She loses herself in the care and transport of victims, butwhen her helicopter crashes into raging floodwaters, there appear to be nosurvivors.Forced to accept Maya is gone, Rebecca and Adam turn to one another—first forcomfort, then in passion—unaware that, miles from civilization, Maya isinjured and trapped with strangers she's not certain she can trust. Away fromthe sister who has always been there to save her, now Maya must find thecourage to save herself—unaware that the life she knew has changed forever.words : 104533