She can't run from the past. He can't run from her. A rescue can be a second chance-or a second target. When Lily Martinez escapes back to the small town that shattered her, the claws from her past threaten to destroy what's left of her heart. She'd run again if her dad didn't need her help and the soldier who rescued her wasn't crippling her resolve to stop hoping she can start over. But when the danger hunting her backs her against a wall, she's caught between the life she's trying to rebuild and the secrets that could jeopardize the lives she has to protect. With just three weeks of military leave left, Sergeant Everette Taylor needs to focus and shake off his failures or he'll never pass Ranger qualifications and make up for the loss he cost his best friend. But when he finds the girl he let down in the past running from a threat that follows her into Willow Creek, fighting to tear down her walls to prove someone's framing her brings him toe to toe with an enemy who could destroy everything-and everyone-he loves. As each ploy to shackle them to the past escalates, she and Everette must confront the lies attacking God's plans for them before the time left on the clock runs out.