Abigail MacKenzie has been trying to put her father's tragic death behind her. But when a handsome stranger produces a random clue about her father's shooting, hopes of finding her father's killer come flooding back to the surface. Abigail is determined to get justice for her dad, even if it means learning the secret of a man with eyes that cut straight through the wall around her heart. After making a mysterious discovery that costs him his job, Ryan Newberry is happy to accept any position he can get. But when he realizes that one of the employees who'll be working under him at the Washington Valley Hotel is Abigail MacKenzie, the sweet girl he met weeks before, he fears the past might be in danger of repeating itself. Ryan only hopes that his desires for his new front desk associate won't lead both of them down a path of danger from which he won't be able to protect them.