A Day of Reckoning in Totem Ridge

Tom McKnight and Andrea Collins have already survived more than most couples their age ever should.They’ve loved each other since high school, weathered heartbreak and loss, and somehow come through it all more certain than ever that they belong together. Now twenty-three, they’re finally building the life they once only dreamed about. Andrea has found her place in Totem Ridge, sharing her love of music through private lessons, while Tom is determined to turn his passion for justice into a career in law enforcement-and eventually earn the detective badge he’s been working toward.Their future seems brighter than it has in years.They have plans to marry. A home they love. Friends who have become family. And the rugged beauty of Totem Ridge surrounding the life they’ve fought so hard to build.Then a young woman is murdered.The crime sends shock waves through their quiet coastal town, and as Tom becomes increasingly involved in the investigation, disturbing connections begin to emerge. What first appears to be an isolated tragedy soon threatens to uncover secrets that were never meant to see the light of day.Because the past isn’t finished with Tom and Andrea.Old wounds reopen. Forgotten dangers resurface. And the closer Tom gets to the truth, the more he realizes the people he loves may be caught in the middle of something far more dangerous than anyone imagined.With their future suddenly hanging in the balance, Tom and Andrea will have to rely on the love that has carried them from teenagers with uncertain dreams to two people ready to promise each other forever.But in Totem Ridge, the past has a way of finding its way home.And sometimes, before you can begin the life you’ve been waiting for, there must first be a day of reckoning.