Fall River, Arkansas, is a town without pity for schoolteacher Kate Edwards. She had faced public humiliation in court defending herself against the powerful Trask family. Still they want revenge. Fearing the worst, Kate contacts Tucker Caldwell, a hell-raiser from the wrong side of the tracks, to help her commit a desperate act. But instead of violence, the honest-to-a-fault ex-con teaches her love... his gentle ways awakening longings she thought she'd never feel again. Kate almost believes her nightmare is over until a killer strikes--and she must fight a town seething with suspicion to save herself, her man, and their renegade love.