A tragic childhood and a doomed marriage have forced Emma Sands to do what she does best - run. Now, she and her young daughter have arrived in Washington State's Port Flannery, where no one knows who she is... or where she is going. Big-city cop turned small-town sheriff Elvis Donnelly is six-and-a-half feet of bruising muscle and solid hurt. The victim of a violent boyhood and a brutal bomb blast, all he wants is to forget the past... until it suddenly comes calling. When Elvis and Emma meet, the attraction is instant - and the passion all-consuming. But in a town of prying eyes, these two outsiders are soon sharing more than the heat of desire... they're sharing a fight for their lives.