Tessa Night and her father have just moved from Lincoln Illinois to Nightshade Colorado and are in for a deadly treat. Weeks after they arive people in town start disappearing and days later show up dead. Is this simply just a someone on a killing spree, or is there more to their actions? Is Tessa's father trying to protect her from a deadly killer, or does he have some dark secrets of his own? Only time will tell in this mixture of loss, anger, and possible romance.