When Emily Drury takes a job as legal counsel for an import-export company, she doesn't make the decision lightly. She needs to get away to a safe place. Joe Tanner counts himself lucky. He's charmed a successful big city lawyer into heading up the legal department of his rapidly expanding business. But why would a beautiful woman who could easily make partner in the high profile legal firm where she works, give it all up to come to a place like Bonnie? A mystery surrounds her arrival that wraps them both in ever tightening tentacles. As Joe realizes she has become essential to his happiness, his first reaction is to protect her. But he doesn't know the whole story. Can Emily trust him enough to divulge her secrets? Will he learn what he needs to know in time to stop the avalanche that's gaining speed as it races down the hill toward her? Silimar to books by Linda Howard, powerful characters creating their own stories.