Rafe Tyler needs answers. Two years earlier, his brother had disappeared, lured into danger by Tara Hill's ethereal beauty. Now Rafe is determined to uncover the truty at any cost; Brad McKenna is running for his life. Each painful step draws him deeper into the tangled darkness of the Everglades. Wendy Hawke's reclusive, sheltered life is shattered the moment she discovers the hunted stranger; Eric Hawke's quiet life as a writer is worlds away from the glamorous existence of supermodel Ashley Dane. The moment he meets her, fleeing from a crime she was not supposed to see, he begins preparing for the day she will leave.