Jesse Starling is in a world of danger. Her husband after years of abuse tried to kill her to silence her. She only had one friend she trusted and he decided to hide her away on his brother's ranch. Torn between loyalty and the need to run, Jesse finds herself at a crossroad and she is certain no matter what path she takes, it will be her undoing. Justin McGrath didn't want to be saddled with babysitting one of his brother's charity cases. Someone is vandalizing the ranch and livestock, his sister refuses to tell him why she won't return to school, and now that Jesse came to the ranch, everything is falling apart...the walls around his heart especially. Can he show this woman that there are good men in the world? Can he protect her from the shadows that now loom all around them? Can he love her? Would she be able to love him back or would she want to?