Accused of murdering her estranged criminal husband, widowed mother Samantha Rogers panics and flees. But the real killer is now after her. She's desperate to find a safe haven where her past is secret. So when John Wagner offers her room and board in exchange for work on a remote island in the Chesapeake Bay, she moves to Smuggler's Cove. Samantha longs to tell her handsome boss the truth about why she's always looking over her shoulder. But when danger arrives on shore, the truth may put John in a killer's crosshairs.