Shee and Mason go undercover to investigate who's using a local port for nefarious dealings. After a shark-ravaged body washes ashore with a pot roast tied to its waist, their investigations will take them from the port to the sea—But they can't start until they clean up. Croix's dropping bodies in the breakfast room. When assassins chase Croix's favorite hacker into Loggerhead, she never imagines saving him will lead to her own complicated past. As sparks kindle between them, Croix confides the painful secrets of her brother's murder and how the event brought her to Loggerhead—only to discover a Navy Captain trapped in domestic hell might know more than she does. Conman Ollie curries favor by recruiting the first female member of the Indian Garud commando special forces. Shiva is beautiful, deadly, and determined to slay her demons—even if that means running a shadow operation behind the agency's collective back. Seeing the truth behind her tragic upbringing could destroy Shiva...just as some small happiness at Loggerhead seems within reach.