When Claire Lance decides to stop running, she just wants a home, a job, and someplace she can feel safe. She doesn't want or need to fall in love, but Jodie Curran doesn't give her much of an option. Lance unexpectedly finds herself slowly being pulled into her first relationship since Elaine. Soon she finds her blissful new life threatened by the mysterious forces converging around Jodie and, when she learns the truth about what's going on, she may find herself in more danger than ever. Surrounded on all fronts, by the police and an ever-obsessed Faye Mallory, Lance may have finally reached the end of her long road.