In the heat of fight or flight, Vanessa Carter had known it would be now or never. A year has past and shes finally found a small mountain town called Shadow Ridge to call home. Until her dark past comes back to haunt her. Shadow Ridge sheriff, Branson Collins, is a single father of four year old twins, Addison and Andrew, takes a liking to the pretty blonde that just moved to town. With her dark past threatening to make her run again, Vanessa has to make a choice to trust the sheriff or run.