When Tawny's mother witnesses a murder in Cancun, Mexico, Chief steps in to protect her and Tawny from evils closer to home than anyone imagined. Takoda is forced into the web of intrigue, and Tawny must battle misunderstandings about their relationship, as she fights to save both her mother and the man she loves. This action-filled story takes us from Mackinac Island and the Les Cheneaux Islands to Cancun, Mexico and Tuscon, Arizona. Some of the reader's favorite characters reappear, including Gordon Borden, Ice Blue, Gabriel, Deputy Powell and Nash, while certain events hint at sinister connections and troubling questions that beg to be resolved in Book Three - "Promised - The Courage to Love."