After years on the trail of an internationally wanted terrorist, the CIA thinks Special Agent Holly Barker might need a long vacation. So Holly returns to her hometown of Orchid Beach, Florida, where she had been police chief for many years. With its sun-drenched beaches, crowded marinas and luxurious oceanfront homes, Orchid Beach seems like the ideal coastal retreat. But a very unpleasant surprise awaits Holly. The police department she’d commanded is an entirely different place than when she’d left. An old danger Holly knows only too well has resurfaced and her beloved home town might not be the sanctuary she’d thought….