Jeremy Marsh had always vowed he'd never do certain things: leave New York City, give his heart away again after barely surviving one failed marriage and, most of all, become a parent. Now ]eremy is living in the tiny town of Boone Creek, North Carolina, married to Lexie Darnell, the love of his life, and anticipating the birth of their daughter. But just as his life seems to be settling into a blissful pattern, an unsettling and mysterious message re-opens old wounds and sets off a chain of events that will forever change the course of Ibis young couple's marriage . . .