Samantha arrives in the remote town of Columbus Cove with no one but her recently divorced mother. As a military brat, Samantha has endured many new places, but none as desolate as this. Isolation becomes her new normal until she finds Channing Ashford. The reformed drifter re-energizes her and they discover sanctuary within each other. It's as if he has stepped off the cover of a romance novel and into her heart. Charming and handsome, Channing becomes Samantha's sole focus until a shocking murder claims more than one victim. The couple find themselves entangled in an investigation that threatens their newly found happiness. Their sanctuary is shattered as the secrets that lay buried beneath the unpaved roads of Columbus Cove come to light.