The father they feared and hated is dead Yet Elk Springs Oregon remains a town with secretsPattons Daughter ReneeRenee Patton is a cop determined to see justice done But the discovery of a human skull has stirred up her own ghostsas well as feelings for the rancher who found it For Daniel Barnard she believes she can give up the past and have a future If only his mother wasnt hiding somethingPattons Daughter Meg For single mom and sheriffs deputy Meg Patton its time to reconcile with her sisters and get on with life She actually starts to think she could do that with Scott McNeil a man she meets when he agrees to care for an abandoned baby But then he becomes the prime suspect in the murder of the infants mother Meg has to prove hes innocentfor her sake as well as his