Devastated by the loss of her grandparents and the desertion of Lola, her girlfriend, Loni Wagner can no longer stay in her Southern Arizona hometown. A job offer sends her to a town on the Oregon coast where she settles comfortably in a new job as police lieutenant supervising a crew of five detectives and a dispatcher. She's comfortable, that is, until the day she recognizes her first lover, Jenna Davenport, at the booking desk. Jenna and Loni had spent two beautiful years together studying pre-law at Portland's Lewis and Clark College until one day Jenna packed up and disappeared without a trace. Loni never knew where she went. When Jenna is arrested for murder, Loni feels compelled to prove her innocent. The two head for a wild ride in a dangerous tsunami of violence and treachery, facing unknown peril in unexpected places and an elusive someone who wants Jenna to rot in hell—with Loni beside her.