Their love was taboo, but when Darren promised Renatta a life full of adventures, she defied her family and eloped, leaving behind her Caribbean home and everyone she knew. She hoped that with a fresh start things would get better but she soon discovers that all that glitters is not gold and the starry eyed girl who once swore she would be better than her mother learned that life is not always just black and white. Darren had always believed that he would be his wife's fortress. It was his duty, as a man, to protect and care for his own. But a moment of weakness stretches on for far too long and now lives are lost, hearts are broken and everything hangs in the balance. Fourteen years later, the couple must once again make decisions for better or for worse