After months of drifting from place to place, Elena stops in the small town of Ashwood, desperate for some peace and quiet. But peace is the last thing she finds. The town carries secrets that press against her with every step, and at the center of it all is Ezra, a dark, guarded man whose hostility toward her feels almost personal. The longer Elena stays, the stranger everything becomes. The town isn't what it seems, Ezra isn't who he pretends to be, and the shadows of her past may not be as far behind her as she thought. Because buried somewhere in Ashwood is the truth about her father's unsolved murder and the reason fate refuses to let her go.