A botched flight forces Valor Security agent Ann Storey to detour through Hemlock, Louisiana, a place she swore she'd never return. Learning her grandfather has terminal cancer, she spends time with him and probes a local murder investigation, but she stubbornly avoids Nathan Charlet, the high school boyfriend who broke her heart. Twenty years after an impulsive, life-altering decision, Nathan Charlet runs a design empire and an iconic hotel that secures his family's legacy. Seeing Ann, he considers asking for a second chance, but he knows he doesn't deserve one. As a menacing killer threatens Hemlock's residents, Nathan turns to the one woman capable of saving everything he holds dear. Ann must decide whether to walk away from the man who betrayed her or take another chance on love. She's brave enough to put her life on the line, but what about her heart?