Sheridan Kohl has come back to her hometown of Whiterock, Tennessee, to help solve a case. Twelve years ago, Jason Wyatt and Sheridan were shot, Jason was killed. Sheridan and her two friends Skye and Jasmine run a charity for victims of violent crimes called The Last Stand. Sheridan is only in town one day when she is brutally and almost fatally attacked. It seems someone doesn’t want her re-investigating this crime.

Sheridan lost her heart and her virginity to Cain Granger, Jason’s stepbrother, a few weeks before Jason’s murder. She and her family left town right after. Sheridan and Cain haven’t seen each other in the intervening twelve years but when Cain finds her almost dead in the woods on his property he instantly becomes her protector. The history between Cain and Sheridan is thick and there are a lot of people who don’t like it. Everyone seems to think Cain is guilty. Sheridan is his only supporter. Someone wants her gone though, and they are running out of time trying to find who wants her dead and why.