Ariel and Tempest Danner have escaped Tempest's homicidal father for the sixth time in five years. Armed with new identities and disguises, they are determined that Fairbanks, Alaska will be a sanctuary where they can live in peace.Stone O'Banyon, their new landlord, has been divorced from a mercenary woman for three years. All his energy is focused on his job and Dolly, who would never hurt him.The last thing Ariel needs or wants is the attraction she feels for another tall, dark man, who seems hard as the granite he is named for, but the fascination will not go away. Stone isn't any happier with his obsessive thoughts concerning Ariel.Things seem calm, then Ariel and Tempest catch sight of the man they had hoped they would never encounter and things turn fatal.. ..again.