Buddy Helms lives and works under the thumb of his powerful father. Hes proved himself time and again to the manipulative patriarch -- even saving the company from financial ruin. Yet for six years Buddys waited to hear that hes worthy of his fathers love and respect. Now, after another cold dismissal, Buddys slamming the door on everything hes strived for. When his church counselor recommends a soothing tonic for his disillusionment, frustration, and rage, he grabs at it: the solitude of Moondust Lake, a retreat just outside Miramar Bay.
