Casey Shaw has a life that most men only dream of. He lives on a yacht, owns two airplanes, and is rebuilding a resort and marina on the Chesapeake Bay. He also has two women that love him, his wife Sally, and their best friend, Dawn McAlister. But when Sally finally shares a dark secret with them, Casey realizes that something needs to be done about it. Casey always protects the ones that he loves, but this time it will end up costing him. Casey is going to need help, and that means bringing in Rikki Jenkins and her 'Team' of shadowy security experts. They are used to doing jobs for the government, the ones that most agencies want to steer clear of. But they have some 'moral and legal flexibility' that this job will call for. As they say, no good deed ever goes unpunished, and Casey is about to end up facing the fight of his life. His world is about to get turned upside down, and he could very easily end up abandoned and alone. Or dead. If he lives through this, the life that he's known will never be the same, and neither will the lives of the ones that he loves. He's about to learn the meaning of the phrase, 'Chesapeake Rules'. It means there are no rules.