A town with a past. A man with a future to protect.

When Sheriff Jones Murphy rescues his daughter and her teacher, the widower is surprised to encounter Cassandra West again. Months may have passed since their one night together, but there’s no mistaking she is definitely pregnant. Cassandra’s recent sleuthing has unleashed a secret that stunned their town a decade earlier. Now someone wants her dead. And though his heart is closed, Jones’s sense of duty isn’t letting anyone hurt what is his.