Mara Reed's been stirring up trouble since she was eighteen-running scams, living on the edge, always on the run. Now, when two thugs are after her with murder on their minds, she's forced into hiding in her small Texas hometown. But cornered in an alley, only seconds from death, an unexpected rescuer comes to her aid-Dr. Ethan Stuart, the dark and beautiful scientist whose heart she once broke and betrayed... the only man Mara ever loved. A forensic anthropologist, Ethan is investigating a gruesome discovery-nearly one hundred dead bodies dating back fifty years-a mystery linked to the church once headed by Mara's father. Ethan needs Mara's help; she needs his protection. And their search for a shocking, devastating truth could lead them to forgiveness, salvation, passion, and back to love... if they can survive the journey.