Skye Hawk has spent nearly twenty years carefully developing her physical and mental stamina. She is fully prepared to protect herself and the people she loves from a sadistic, abusive ex-husband. When her newfound fame as a nature photographer gives her location away, Skye once again becomes his obsession. From the paradise of Hawaii to the wilds of Alaska, she runs ahead of her tormentor, deliberately setting herself up as a target for the showdown she knows is inevitable. Despite efforts to prevent it, Chase Sinclair enters her life and is determined to protect her. But before their ordeal is over, Chase helps Skye find something she has lost along the way-something she is neither prepared for or expecting.