Set amid the rugged, natural beauty of the Minnesota Boundary Waters Canoe Area, Kelly Callahan has forged a new place for herself, a tranquil home, far from the city where she can forget her brutal past and maybe, someday, think about her future. But her peace is disturbed when a new sheriff rolls into town. Sheriff Matthew Adams is really a federal Marshall. His special mission is to bring the killers of his predecessor, three deputies and 2 special agents to Justice, while rounding up a group of international bear poachers. Not his most difficult assignment until he meets the feisty owner of The Dew Drop Inn. Dodging bullets, bears and bar room brawls the unlikely pair find themselves in love, he for the first time and she for the last. Kelly Callahan and Matt Adams have been in love since the stormy moment they met. They just don't know it yet. If they can set aside their proud defiance of each other and work together to solve a murder and prevent their own, they may find out.