Sheriff Martin Shuller is a thorough and honest investigator. When a dear friend is murdered, he is forced to come to grips with the case's startling revelations while those close to him worry for the embattled sheriff. What occurs in the house on Cedar Mill Lane uproots what he thought he knew. Quiet and normal was what he was seeking. It certainly was not what he found. When the past comes calling...

After witnessing the demise her parent's marriage, Samantha's shipped off to remote Columbus Cove. She finds salvation from debilitating isolation in the Cove's latest resident, Channing. As if off the cover of a romance novel and into the sleepy little town, he's charming, handsome, and Samantha's sole focus. But a shocking murder claims more than one victim. Blindsided, they find themselves embroiled in an investigation as the secrets that lay buried beneath the unpaved roads of the Cove come to light.