At first glance, Veda Vandyke has it all. An amazing guy who is madly in love with her and has crazy skills in the bedroom that have her squirming in bed at night. A career in medicine that gives her a sense of fulfillment, and even a few new friends who keep her in good spirits when times get too tough. But Veda Vandyke has a secret. Dark secret. A secret that could erase traces of the adoration that now sparkles in her boyfriend’s eyes. Which could end her medical career and land her in prison for life. It's a secret that could cost her every loyal friend she's made since her return to this sleepy island called Shadow Rock. Veda Vandyke has a secret... and an insatiable thirst for revenge. She wants revenge more than keeping her friends. She wants this more than professional success. She craves this more than this alluring, forbidden love with a handsome Italian guy - Gage Blackwater. She wants revenge more than she wants to make friends with this brooding detective - Lincoln Hill; the man who saved her life. A man who is getting closer to her secret much faster than she could have imagined, reminding her that the path to a prison cell is short - just one stupid mistake. But Veda Vandyke doesn't plan on making stupid mistakes. What's her plan? Finish her residency with minimal drama, banish the darkness that grips her heart like a virus, become the kind of woman who deserves Gage Blackwater's undying love. Veda knows that she is not that woman. Not yet. Until she finishes her job and fights the last monster that destroyed her ten years ago on that sleepy island called Shadow Rock.