Troubled Emma Sands has fled her old life and memories of her traumatic childhood to a small town in Washington State, where she falls for sheriff Elvis Donnelly, a man with his own tragic past.
Seattle surgeon Ivy Pennington treats a victim of serial rapist "Hart" who carves a heart on all of his victims. She becomes involved with her neighbor Vincent D'Ambruzzi who is the cop in charge of investigating these brutal rapes. The rapist becomes obsessed with Ivy ...