
Cameron who bought the house next to Journey’s father’s home. Cameron who was engaged to a woman last Journey knew. The family emergency has created a unique situation where Journey gets to participate in all the family activities he usually misses because of his work, like barbecues at the beach and community art projects with his nieces. Being back in Coral Cove, however, reminds Journey of all the good things about being tied to one place. But he is also adamant that he is only home for as long as it takes for the senior Sutton to get back on his feet. Journey puts his whole career on hold, of course, to be with family. His father has suffered a stroke and the three younger Sutton boys need their big brother to come home. Some fifteen years later, Journey gets an extremely rare phone call from home while on assignment in Namibia. So while Journey began a dream career as a globetrotting nature photographer, Cameron built up a respectable veterinary practice in Coral Cove. But as they entered adulthood, Journey and Cameron eventually had to accept that their goals for life were simply incompatible. An undeniable spark of attraction turned their friendship into a romance and, eventually, a love affair. There, at the high school in that small town, Journey and Cameron met. When he finally had the chance to stay in Coral Cove, Florida, Cameron was determined to never leave. In contrast, Cameron’s entire childhood saw him bouncing from house to house to house. He longed to escape the place where he spent his formative teenage years filling a filial void left by a mother who died too young.

For Journey Sutton and Cameron Foster, it wasn’t a lack of love, devotion, or commitment to each other that ended their engagement: They were victims of circumstance.
