Tess OтАЩRourke dreams of becoming the first female chief of police in Long Beach, California. As commander of the East Division, she is well on her way . . . until the night she responds to an officer-needs-assistance call and fatally shoots an unarmed teenager. Despite being cleared of wrongdoing by a grand jury, Tess is so hounded by the public that she takes a job in Oregon to escape the bad press.
Winning over the residents of RogueтАЩs Hollow might be more difficult than adjusting to her new role as police chief in the small, backwater town. Especially when her closest friend, the pastorтАЩs wife, goes missing and the womanтАЩs cousin is found shot. Tess finds an ally in sheriffтАЩs deputy Steve Logan, but as they track down RogueтАЩs HollowтАЩs first murderer, she worries that sheтАЩs breaking one of her rules and getting too close to him.