Nikki Dawson had left small town life and the handsome county sheriff far behind five years ago and had no plan of returning anytime soon until she received a letter from an old friend asking her to come home. Nikki finds that the time lapse has not changed the way she feels about him, but she is not sure her heart can stand rejection again. Matt Kincaid used to be content with being a sheriff but for the last five years, he has just been going through the motions. When Nikki Dawson left, she took his heart with her. He has never forgiven her and never will.However, after several bodies turn up in the area and Nikki disappears again, Matt comes to realize that he has been wrong about a great many things and if he doesn't find her quick, he may lose the woman he loves, forever.Love is not the only law out on the range and death leaves no one untouched.