Thirty-three-year-old Allyn "AK" Katz is embracing her fresh start in Arkville, Tennessee. Her baking expertise quickly reels in a small clientele, and she finds peace in the mundane life she's created for herself. Just when she thinks she's left a past that carries one too many memories, her charming next-door neighbor enters her life, making it difficult to hide from the truth.

Desert "DB" Brown, born and raised in Arkville, Tennessee, is an old-fashioned, southern gentleman. After losing his sister and leaving his adulterous wife, he resigns as ADA, hoping for a clean slate. One day, a neighbor's fire alarm sounds off, thrusting him into a new world full of adventure and secrecy.

While focusing on his private investigation firm, the thirty-eight-year-old bachelor is met with the assistance of a shy beauty. What starts as the two working together on a case leads to a tsunami of deceit, danger, and death. DB can't help but fall for AK, and she simply can't resist his charm. Will they survive when an impossible task is the only thing that can save them?