It's been a rough eighteen months since NYPD cop Noah Tobin's secret boyfriend was murdered. Noah has been burying himself in work to forget, which is why his boss orders him to take a two-week vacation. This is how Noah ends up, reluctantly, at a resort and spa in Tampa for some rest and relaxation. On his first night in sunny Florida, a chance encounter with a handsome man at a bar piques Noah's interest. Then the man disappears.

Noah's vacation is turned upside down because he can't let it go when he learns that the man he met was wealthy restaurateur Harrison Knox, and that he's missing. Noah reports what he knows to the local police and offers to help. When Harrison Knox turns up, beaten with an inch of his life, Noah knows he should walk away but he can't; the men after Harry have deep ties to organized crime in Florida, for one thing, but more than that, he can't seem to let Harry go...