Melody Servantes returned to Starfish Shores, wanting to erase the past she left behind and show the people of the coastal town that she made something of herself, despite predictions to the contrary. She'd grown up wild, the daughter of a small-time criminal, but she's determined to become a contributing member of society.

Sheriff Whit Calhoun remembers snapping the cuffs on a certain dark-haired beauty years ago, when he was just a deputy. Now she's back, and intriguing as hell. A rash of car burglaries in hotel parking lots force them to work together, but will her past come back to haunt her?