Big–city lawyer Lorena Fortier's suspicions about her father's death brought her to a small Florida town nestled in the Everglades. Then whoever –– or whatever –– had killed her father started claiming more victims, and Lorena knew she was in over her head. Sinfully attractive Jesse Crane only complicated matters. Still reeling from his wife's brutal murder, the hardened cop plunged into the perilous investigation, and Lorena knew the evidence would lead him straight to her....

As they faced a danger more menacing than any they had ever imagined, Lorena needed to put her life in Jesse's hands. Could she do the same with her heart and hope that a man who had once loved and lost would learn to love again...before time ran out?