"I'm not sure what possessed me to do it. Maybe it was the impossible
expectations I faced, maybe it was my own self-loathing. But I just knew
I needed something different to happen. I needed
someone...something...to derail me from my current path. Otherwise I
would become lost...a hollowed-out shell of a man. So I did it. I
approached her, then I pursued her, then I made her mine. And my life
was saved...."
Ryan Burnham is the privileged son of a US congressman and captain of
his university's hockey team. While he is on the verge of fulfilling his
dreams to play in the NHL, his parents want him on a different course.
One he is expected to accept for the sake of his family's public image.
Forced to abandon her music career after the heartbreaking death of her
parents, Danny Cross exists on the opposite side of the tracks from
Ryan. She is struggling to make her own way, working two jobs, attending
college part time, and volunteering in a homeless shelter. She is on a
mission to build her own success.
With a chance meeting, their vastly different worlds collide, causing
each to evaluate whether they are truly on the correct path to
self-fulfillment and happiness. Can their relationship survive?
Particularly when others are against them every step of the way? A lot
can happen in just 10 short days....
