When deception turns deadly The dark mystery of a Colton child's disappearance has haunted Dead River Ranch for thirty years. Solving the crime is foreign correspondent Jagger McKnight's last chance to put his war-ravaged past to rest. But when his undercover mission leaves him the victim of an attack, he wakes up to discover that beautiful infirmary nurse Mia Sanders believes he's the missing Colton! Now the real danger begins. An unknown enemy has Jagger - and Mia - in sight. For their survival and the sake of his story, Jagger must lie to the woman he'd do anything to protect.