In the wake of his wife's murder, agent Grady Shields turned his back on the FBI - and everything else - to retreat into the vast solitude of Montana, grieve for his lost love and forget the world. But after years in seclusion, his sister's wedding draws him to St Dennis, a peaceful town on the Chesapeake Bay.

Although her past was marked by bad choices, Vanessa Keaton has found that coming to St Dennis is the best decision she's ever made; the last thing she's looking for is romance. And when her past catches up with her, Grady finds that he's unwilling to let her become a victim again. As together they fight her demons, will Grady and Vanessa discover that life still holds some surprises and that love doesn't always have to hurt?

The Chesapeake Diaries series is wonderfully warm and follows the lives and loves of a group of characters in a small town on the Chesapeake Bay