Sheriff Hunter Steel lives to protect. The up and coming star in a family steeped in law enforcement, Hunter has an eye for trouble and the power to stop it. But there's a murder of one woman he can't solve, and when the victim's niece returns to California burning with intensity and the curves to match, the stakes are raised even higher. A police officer in the city, Samantha Ryder hasn't been back to the small town she was raised in - in years. She'll stop at nothing to figure out who has brought pain to her family - even if it means her partnership with Hunter will explode into all-consuming, earth-shattering passion. But amid their fiery affair, an enemy that is deadlier than they can imagine is waiting for them, determined to destroy them at all costs.