Dean Rademacher is a Texas Ranger, skilled in criminal investigations and hot on the trail of a dangerous fugitive. He’s determined to complete his primary mission but not so sure about the secondary one: leaving the Rangers to join the Fantasy Pier Police Department. Lauren Jessop ended up working at Fantasy Pier General Hospital after a family situation threw her out of her last job. Now her sister has shown up, and Lauren’s worried trouble won’t be far behind. A blackmail scheme brings Dean and Lauren together, and they’re racing against time to find the fugitive, save Lauren’s career, and free Lauren’s sister. But will their attraction to each other end up being something serious? Only if these two damaged people can learn to let themselves love.

Crista Jessop is used to being considered the family screw-up, but she’s working hard to put her life on track. All of her progress is threatened, though, when she finds a dead body behind her workplace. It’s no secret that Intelligence Officer Whip Hamill has a thing for Crista, ever since the night she spent in lock-up six months ago. Others tell him she’s trouble, but he believes she’s more than her past actions. Everything is turned upside down when the new local gang and a few members of a notorious biker gang realize Crista is a potential witness to their murder. Will they get to her first, or can the Fantasy Pier PD stop them in time?