BJ Hathaway is a busy anthropologist teaching in NewMexico. Unexpectedly she inherits an old house on the St. Marks River and an ecological restoration project forcing herto return home to North Florida. Upon her return, she entersinto the work of restoration, resumes old friendships, andworks on unresolved relationships from her past. In theprocess, she encounters dangers she did not know were there. As she begins to reestablish herself in North Florida andwork on the conservation project she is met with surprisingresistance from some resentful members of the Board. Anangry person from her past spurned in her youth, threatensboth the project and her life. She must defeat her nemesis orlose all. In the process, she finds love in the arms of a man sheonce knew but never forgot.
