Reporter Honey Mayhew lost dream job, boyfriend, savings, and self-respect. She returns to her Florida Panhandle hometown to work for her family's print newspaper. It's embarrassing—not that she'd admit that. When a popular chef is murdered, the story could catapult Honey back into the big time, but Honey has avoided Sheriff Eli Gibson, her jilted high school sweetheart. Eli, a former major league baseball star, needs to solve this case for the town to take him seriously. He has sworn to protect and serve, even Honey, who won't stop bugging him about the murder case. More murders pile up and danger looms. How the heck can they solve the murder and fight their growing attraction?