An ill wind, cold and unpredictable, blows author and B&B manager, Paula Vega, into dangerous waters after her lover, John, is attacked by an intruder seeking to reclaim an unknown treasure. When no one in the small town of Beyond admits to knowing the intruder or what he’s after, and a shadowy hiker appears with a strange tale that may connect the intruder to a mystery from the past, Paula is left to separate the truth from the lies.