When Rod Carruthers rescues Regan James from a seedy bar, he believes the worst of her...as he always did. Can Regan convince her former partner that she is not the bad girl he thinks she is--or does she really want to, now that Rod is mixed up in something mysterious? When Regan disappears her sister, Gracie, leaves her outback school and heads for the hot tropics, but she's thrown into a world of sex, crime...and passion. As much as Jake Alexander would like to kick Gracie off his boat, he knows he can't expose her to the dangerous world her sister has joined. Jake's attempts to keep Gracie safe quickly develop into a reluctant alliance. But Gracie finds herself knee deep in more trouble than she bargained for, with deadly secrets revealed. Unless Jake and Gracie can find a way to trust each other, both sisters are in mortal danger.