Jan Hilliard is on an isolated forest trail in the middle of nowhere for one reason only, to learn the truth about her son's death. Suicide, accident - or murder? The last person she expects - or wants - to encounter is the ex-husband whose fierce ambition and betrayal destroyed their marriage.
Jan wants nothing to do with Mark. Even as she realizes he's still interested in her, and, worse, realizes she still feels an unwanted tug of attraction for him, she's skeptical of his new Christian faith. Skeptical about God as well. But she realizes she needs his help and expertise to learn the truth about their son and reluctantly joins forces with him.
Their search takes a new twist when a name leaps out of their son's journal. Stardust! Stardust, of the lupine-blue eyes, mysterious as the journal itself. Who is she? Where is she? What does she know about their son's death?
Yet when Stardust does burst into their lives, she brings fear as well as hope, and as many questions as answers. Questions about faith and love, the past and the future - and the realization that Stardust has a dangerous constrol over Jan and Mark's future.