For ten years, Ive perfected the art of ignoring Ford Donoghue whenever he comes home on leave. You cant completely avoid anyone on Hatterwick Island, but Ive made it work. Until his daughter shows up.
Shes thirteen, scared, and looking for the father shes never met. And suddenly Im the one making the call I swore Id never make, pulling Ford away from his Navy post and into my carefully constructed life. But something about her story doesnt add up, and when a body washes up on our quiet beach, the whole island starts to unravel.
Now a teenage girl is counting on me, a murderer walks freely among us, and the only person I can trust is the former best friend who broke my heart a decade ago. And the people threatening everything I love? Theyre counting on the fact that Ford and I are too broken to work together.
They dont know how wrong they are.
In this small tourist town, old wounds run deep and deadly secrets hide in plain sight. And this time, running away isnt an option—for any of us.
