Its been a few years since Fiona Bristow has moved to Orcas Island. Within the small tight-knit island community shes built up her business a canine rescue centre that trains dogs to track missing persons. Whether they are lonely travellers on a hiking trip gone wrong or disappearances of a more sinister nature more than once Fiona has been the last hope for those lost in Washingtons vast wilderness. Other than her work Fiona doesnt ask for much: the peace of the landscape the companionship of her dogs the safe haven of friends and family. Romantic entanglements are very far down on her list - and certainly not with Simon Doyle an artist newly arrived from the mainland. Impossible rude and impossibly handsome he suddenly seems to be around an awful lot. But he doesnt know that Fiona harbours a terrible secret and as her past unexpectedly catches up with her she has to decide whether past grief will keep her from ever loving again . . .
