When Beth left suddenly, it broke two hearts...but she'd had no choice. Shane, a rugged, ex-Airborne biker, handled it badly...but so had she. Three years later and 2000 miles away, she desperately needs her ex-lover's protection from a violent menace with 'bad history' who'll do anything to reclaim a mysterious suitcase Beth possesses.

Long before Shane acquired that overnighter, a 'silent movie' actress kept secrets there...and now several lives are in jeopardy. An ambitious female state senate candidate hires a ruthless investigator to eliminate potential campaign 'problems' like her dark family secret—a bizarre 1889 murder.

Is Beth's terrifying ordeal simply because she unwittingly possesses the overnighter's secrets? Or is it due to the meth-fueled dumpster-diver's 'unfinished business'?

Shane will likely return to California after he resolves this Tennessee 'situation'...so Beth struggles to resist her reawakened feelings. But before she can sort out their renewed relationship...Beth is kidnapped! To rescue her, Shane enters an obvious trap in a dilapidated hotel. Only with Beth's help can both survive the violent struggle against her kidnappers.