Newly divorced she returns to New Mexico to start a new job and move on with her life. Here, she finds she has to work around a criminal element that could put her in danger. He is at the end of a long investigation only to learn that her life could be in danger. For the first time in his career, Agent Graves slips up and falls into a brief affair with the wife of the man he is investigating. Five years later, he has just closed the longest investigations of his career. He struggles with wanting to protect her and letting her do the job she moved home to do. Autumn Storm moves back to New Mexico to start a new job. Agent Graves is just finishing his eight-year investigation and contemplating retirement. Five years after a brief affair their paths cross again. The attraction these two share is intense but is it enough for them to share their future together? Once events come to their inevitable conclusion, Autumn's life is in danger and Nathan does not know if he can get to her in time to save her. Even if she survives, can they have a life together?