There's nothing a community won't do to protect its own… Shirley Wallace and her four sons return to her childhood home on Pope Mountain in Jubilee, Kentucky, with a lifetime of hardship behind them, hoping to find peace and begin their lives anew. Eldest brother Aaron Pope returns to his life as a police officer, and is settling in just fine. Then Aaron's investigation into an attempted murder leads him right to Dani Owens. She may hold the key to a long-lost part of the Pope family's past, and more importantly, she may hold the key to Aaron's heart. Praise for Sharon Sala: "Emotionally wrenching, sensually appealing, edgy and suspenseful, and hopeful and endearing."―USA Today "Vivid, gripping...this thriller keeps the pages turning."―Library Journal for Torn Apart "Skillfully balancing suspense and romance, Sala gives readers a nonstop breath-holding adventure."―Publishers Weekly for Going Once