The newborn baby boy was beautiful, perfect, and hers for the taking. All Kate Summers had to do is agree to disappear from Boston and never breathe a word about the adoption to anyone.

Fifteen years later, Kate has built a good life for herself and her son, Jon, in Hopewell, Oregon. Still, Kate is haunted by the fear that Jon will someday be taken away from her. Then Daegan O'Rourke arrives in town and strikes up a friendship with Kate and Jon. What Kate doesn't know is that Daegan has a past of his own to hide - and it has shocking ties to hers.

Someone is watching Kate, and is prepared to go to any lengths to claim her son. And the one man Kate is tempted to trust has dangerous secrets of his own. Very soon, the past Kate thought she could outrun will explode, unearthing a legacy of lies and treachery - and a fury powerful enough to kill ...