The novel from the New York Times bestselling author follows Charlotte Tucker the young girl from Garlock's most recent novel Stay A Little Longer into adulthood.

As a child Charlotte Tucker was raised in small town Minnesota where the only real company was the people who came to her aunt Louise's boarding house. Several years later Charlotte is a young woman and thirsty to get out of her hometown and see the world. When a teaching position opens up in Oklahoma she jumps at the opportunity to take a room on John Grant's ranch in Sawyer a small town to the north to begin her new career.

She soon befriends Owen and Hannah Wallace a brother and sister who have come from Colorado following the death of their mother. Abandoned at an early age by a father they never knew they are set on revenge against the man who left them -- a man they believe is John Grant. As the summer heats up and a brutal storm wreaks havoc on the town a secret is revealed that threatens to change Charlotte's life -- and her new friends -- forever.