July 19, 1983...The Kinards, the Richardses and the Webbers - Seattle's Kennedys. Their 'compound' - elegant Forrester Square...until the fateful night that tore these families apart.Twenty years later...Detective Luke Sloan was hard-edged, intimidating and completely out of his element working undercover in Forrester Square Day Care. But posing as a carpenter gave him a perfect view of the jewellery exchange across the street, where stolen jewellery was being fenced. And where Abby Douglas worked.Abby had completely overreacted when Luke first encountered her and her daughter at the day care, and the police officer in him had immediately put her on his list of suspects. But when Luke began to realize that her fear was over something - or someone - far more dangerous, the man in him needed to protect her.