Nurse practitioner by day and vigilante killer by night, Tessa Sparks leads a double life as she attempts to escape the haunting nightmares of her past. With each fresh kill and with every vile monster's death, the peace she so desperately seeks finally comes to her at last. But that peace only stays for a short while. The steady calm she receives from her kills no longer lasts, and when her personal demons threaten to devour her whole, she makes the mistake of letting her guard down and breaking the one solid rule she has always kept. Former Navy Seal Elijah Huntington grew up in the sleepy small town that sits on the banks of Lake Lucia. Finally home and busy with his budding construction business, Eli knows one thing for sure when he spots Tessa for the first time. The woman belongs to no one else but him. However, fighting his own internal battles after his sister's mysterious disappearance, Eli understands that evil can come in many forms, as can vengeance. When Tessa's depraved truths reveal themselves, everything he thought he understood about good versus evil is turned upside down, forcing him to question the very foundation of right and wrong.