Take collier, once one of the country's finest trial lawyers, is trying to forget his pass. Now a divorced gentleman farmer, land developer, and Community Advocate and Rual virginia, his regrouping from some disasters mistakes in the Realms of love and law. But controversy, and danger, seem to have an unerring hold on tate. Even as he struggles to rebuild his life, his alter ego is plotting his demise. Aaron matthews, brilliant psychologist, has turned his talents away from curing patients to far deadlier goals. He's targeted tate, Tate's wife, bett, and their estranged daughter, megan, for unspeakable revenge. Matthews, ruthless and hellbent, will destroy anything that inhibits his plans. When their daughter disappears, Tate and bett reunite in a desperate, heart pounding attempt to find her and to stop matthews, a psychopath whose gift of a gleeb tongue and talent for cohesion are as dangerous as knives and guns.