Secrets lead to deadly consequences. Almost a year ago, Lily Morgan made a terrible, life-altering decision. She went on a date with Connel Byrne. The rich and charming man who flattered her and made her feel like the most special woman in the world turned out to be a low-life, piece of scum. After witnessing him murder a man, she fled her perfectly simple life, figuring she’d be safe, and he’d forget about her. She was so very wrong… Twenty years in the Army and one colossally failed mission, Earl Elliot finds himself in need of a career shift. Forced back to Tennessee—a place he never wanted to return to—he landed a job in private security through a family connection. Hours after getting to the small town of Shady Willow, a small curly-haired woman accosts him. Sucked into keeping secrets, danger strikes and he’s thrust back into having to make the choice of playing fair or coloring outside the lines. Will Earl be enough to protect her, or will she become just another statistic?