Her troubled family history makes Noelle Harris's return to Shelby for her sister's funeral painful. But reuniting with Eli Colton, who's investigating the serial killer responsible for her sister's death, hurts even more. They'd been a couple in college, but Noelle ended the affair...breaking Eli's heart. When Eli agrees to use Noelle's data-analysis expertise on the case, working closely with him reawakens long-buried feelings. But when they're targeted by the killer, Eli must risk his heart to protect the woman he never stopped loving from the ruthless killer.