She thought she was going to heal a broken heart. Instead, she had to fight for her life.

It all begins with an old photograph found in her late grandmother's apartment: a young woman in the arms of a mysterious man on a paradise beach. What was meant to be a sentimental journey to Thailand quickly turns into a deadly investigation.

There, where the palms cast long shadows, she meets Mat-a man who knows that paradise comes with a dark price. Their joint investigation pulls them into the very heart of a story about a love more powerful than fear, and into the world of a syndicate that never forgives. The ghosts of the past do not like to be awakened-especially when at stake is a fortune worth millions, and a truth for which someone is still willing to kill.

Will Helena dare to uncover a secret that could destroy her family... and herself?