Fourteen years after an inexplicable devastating event, exiled Kessa Kent returns home to Oregon attempting to reconcile with her estranged family. Unfortunately, her family members remain unforgiving, blaming and hate filled towards her. Rejected once again, Kessa thinks it's best she cuts all ties with them and return to her lonely cabin in Maine.

That is, until the murders start and the police suspect Kessa is somehow involved.

A local deputy, Grayson Whitewolf, decides to plunge into the past and investigate the mysterious, unsolved tragedy that caused Kessa's family to shatter into pieces and throw her away.

Will Grayson ultimately end up arresting Kessa, or loving her?

Can he uncover and stop the killer that is quickly cutting all the loose threads that could expose the past?