Reporter Pat Carson flees the embarrassment of a broken engagement to return to the one place
she'd vowed never to go, her coal mining home town in West Virginia. While on assignment
with the local paper, she encounters a brawny hunk of a man.
Ranger Allen Walker has enjoyed a quiet life on the mountain, working to ensure the safety
of the land and the people working and living in the area where a gas company is drilling.
His serene life is upturned on the arrival of a sassy reporter and the discovery of a hidden grave.
The remains of the dead man lead to more questions than answers. Could it be the body of
Allen's grandfather who vanished twenty years ago? And could the killer be the one threatening
Pat's life, and her future with Allen.