Lil Chance fell in love with Cooper Sullivan pretty much the first time shesaw him, an awkward teenager staying with his grandparents on their cattleranch in South Dakota while his parents went through a messy divorce. Eachyear, with Coop's annual summer visit, their friendship deepens - but thenabruptly ends. Twelve years later and Cooper has returned to run the ranchafter his grandfather is injured in a fall. Though his touch still hauntsher, Lil has let nothing stop her dream of opening the Chance WildlifeRefuge, but something - or someone - has been keeping a close watch. Whensmall pranks escalate into heartless killing, the memory of an unsolvedmurder in these very hills has Cooper springing to action to keep Lil safe.They both know the dangers that lurk in the wild landscape of the BlackHills. And now they must work together to unearth a killer of twisted andunnatural instincts who has singled them out as prey