He waited for her to come home. So did the killer. Christina Wade swore she'd never come back to Vermont. Not after the night her cousin Annie vanished from their mountainside town - the same night Christina was losing her heart, and her virginity, to Kevin McKinley in a cabin by the pond. The guilt drove her to New York. It kept her there for eight years. Now her aunt is dead, Annie has been declared dead, and the Stone House Inn - the historic property her family has fought over for generations - belongs to Christina. So does everyone who wants it. Kevin is still here, steadier and more dangerous to her resolve than she remembered. The smooth-talking cousin who managed Ada's affairs has plans of his own. And when renovations on the old stone walls uncover something that should have stayed buried, Christina realizes Annie's killer never left this mountain. He's been waiting. And he knows exactly what he wants next.