When Jesslyn McCormick was just seven years old, a devastating house fire killed her parents and two younger sisters. Now the fire marshal of Lake City, Jesslyn is determined to find the person who started the fire that robbed her of her family. As the 25th anniversary of her family's deaths approaches, a string of fires--including at Jesslyn's church--brings up all those old feelings and offers new evidence.

Because church fires are considered a hate crime, FBI Special Agent Nathan Carlisle is called in to work with local law enforcement. Nathan has his own past--one he'd prefer not to revisit. And focusing on helping Jesslyn track down the arsonist is a great distraction.

Courtney
I notice his piercing blue eyes. Then his uniform. Then his physique.

He says his name is Owen Jackson and he’s the new Sheriff.
I think I need to have my legs wrapped around him tonight for sure.
Just then, I pull up to my condo, I notice new neighbors.
I’m installing my new doorbell camera, having multiple glasses of wine since I can’t have the new sheriff and off to bed I go.
Thud, thump in the middle of the night.
A scream shatters the air around me.
I call Owen who gave me his number today.
My god was someone just murdered next door?​

Sometimes the worst wounds can’t be seen.

Lucas Everett knows that firsthand. It's why he and his former Navy SEAL brothers created the Resting Warrior Ranch.

They aren’t doctors, but they can offer the healing freedom of their Montana range. And they specialize in training service and emotional support animals to help sooth even the worst emotional scars. Usually, soldiers show up at their door. But this time it's Evelyn Taylor—a soldier in a very different kind of war.

She's as skittish as one of the horses Lucas gentles. But he’s learned how to be patient with animals, and he’s more than happy to be patient with this quiet beauty too.