Rekindling passion with Jim is Megan's priority, but with their worst nightmare Anthony Valentine out for revenge, is an uncontrollable inferno inevitable? When a teenage girl disappears in sleepy Santa Perdita, attention turns to Jim Carello, the town's newly installed Chief of Police. In the scramble to find the missing girl, suspicion falls on a local family. But with little in the way of evidence, how will Jim work out who's ultimately responsible? The bullish store owner with something to hide or his wayward son—in and out of trouble with the authorities his whole life. Or is it someone else? Meanwhile, Megan's fighting her own battles. Living small-town life with a teething baby and a workaholic cop for a husband isn't her idea of utopia. Convinced Jim's keeping secrets from her, she wishes she could rewind to the excitement of her early days with him, before she loses him to his work—and his tantalizingly young, super-confident...

The Valentine Retreat should be the perfect place for Megan to take a mini break from her broken life. She's determined to hide her imperfections and secrets, to allow herself to soak up the opulence and glamour of the hotel for a few days. But she's not the only one at The Valentine Retreat with something to hide.Jim is struggling with his new job. Working at The Valentine Retreat wasn't even close to what he had in mind as his next career move, but he didn't have much choice in the matter. He needs to keep his head down and make this a success. No one can find out the truth about his life. Anthony Valentine believes he has everything under control. The Valentine Retreat is running smoothly and he's sure the authorities think his illicit activities are hidden in plain sight at his hotel. They are dead wrong about that. Megan's arrival at the hotel reveals Valentine's hidden agenda. And the flames of attraction that flicker between Megan and...