2008, Florida's housing market has tanked, and Andrea Nelson is terrified. A single parent, she's been juggling the balls in the air for so long, somehow managing to pay all the bills—but now? With no foreseeable source of income, how will she afford her daughter's pricey school for the developmentally-challenged and fund her mother's upkeep in the familial enclave that is falling into ruin? Andrea has but one prospective client, the mysterious tycoon, Daniel Armstrong, and he is proving difficult; none of the luxury properties she shows him meet with his requirements. Desperate to sell a property, she shows him Casa Rio, her mother's oceanfront estate, and he falls in love with it. Heartbroken at the thought of having to relinquishing Casa, Andrea begins the process of letting go. Little does she know she has more to fear; a maniac is stalking her daughter.