Allie obediently picks up Davy at the foster care home and heads for his parents' home. On the ride, Davy tells Allie that his mother had visited him yesterday saying she was going away. Allie thinks about it as they’re driving. It’s the Friday of Memorial Day weekend and the courts will be in recess until next Tuesday. By that time perhaps Allie can reach the more reasonable Judge Emery and have the ruling reversed. Allie makes a snap decision to treat Davy to a Holiday weekend with her at her cottage on Sand Point, an upscale resort community near Caseville on Saginaw Bay in Michigan’s thumb. Allie does her best to entertain Davy, having lunch at Caseville’s Bayshore restaurant and letting him try out the giant slide in the amusement center. Allie tries several times to reach Judge Emery by telephone but is unable to make contact. Then, Monday on the trip home, she hears a news report that Judge Emery has died in an accident.

Just when it seems that things can’t get worse, they do; with a vengeance. Intruders are waiting in her house when Allie gets home and she and Davy barely escape. Allie has no idea who is chasing them or why, but it must be serious because they’re shooting. She doesn’t know where to turn and then remembers a long ago lost love who now lives out in the wild horse country of Colorado. She hopes he will be kind enough to help her.

Beckwith "Beck" Williams is a wildlife biologist and wildlife photographer. His home is remote and secluded. When Allie walked out of his life twelve years ago, he thought he’d seen the last of her, but now she shows up at his door, kid in tow and looking for refuge. Beck still feels the spark and takes her and Davy into his home. They all know that the riddle of who is chasing her and why needs to be solved before anyone is safe, but Allie is still clueless. Then she wonders, could it be Davy that they’re after?

As the story unravels more is learned about Davy’s parents. His mother is murdered and his father has disappeared.  Soon the pursuers are at Beck’s doorstep. Escape seems hopeless.

The first thing which jumped out at me about this book was the pace; it barely gives you time to breathe. It was so engaging that I could have easily read all three hundred pages in one sitting.  Author C. C. Harrison does a wonderful job of giving the story a sense of place too, from the run down Detroit neighborhoods to the lush green forest and rolling surf of Michigan’s Great Lakes shoreline to the mesas and mountains of the western wild horse country, it just feels like you’re there. This book is a winner.