Returning home for her father's funeral, big-city reporter Megan McCallister is brutally attacked--confirming her suspicions that her father's mysterious death was no accident. But only her childhood friend, Garret Larsson, believes her theory. The teenager she once knew has grown into a brave, honorable man--but can he keep her alive long enough to find the truth? Garret needs Megan to leave town, but he wants her to stay. He knows about the secrets her newspaperman father uncovered and the dangerous expose he was writing. And now Megan has vowed to finish her father's final article. Someone's determined to kill the story--and Megan along with it--but he'll have to go through Garret first.