He'd witnessed the ravages of war firsthand as a member of the army's special ops, but nothing could have prepared Wes Holden for the senseless death of his own wife and son—or the private nightmare that followed. An empty shell of a man, he is unable to do anything but survive until the day he walks into Ally Monroe's yard.

Raised in the isolated mountains of West Virginia, Ally faces a bleak future caring for her stern widowed father and two brothers. But that doesn't stop her from dreaming that a stranger might walk into her life one day, and transform her lonely existence.

Then, as a special bond develops between Wes and Ally, Wes realises there is danger in the mountains. But far worse, the threat is closing in on Ally, and time is running out