Sonnet Romano's life is almost perfect. She has a wonderful career, an ideal boyfriend, and has just been offered a prestigious fellowship. When Sonnet learns that her mother is, against all odds, expecting a baby, and that the pregnancy is high-risk, she drops everything and heads home to Avalon. Her plans are to go back to her wonderful life once her mom is out of danger. But life has a way of throwing curves when you least expect it to. When her mother receives a devastating diagnosis, Sonnet must make the hardest decision of her life.