On the outskirts of a quiet hamlet on the New Zealand coast, Lia and her friend Anna work serious hours running their restored 'villa' cafe. The busy season, they know, is just around the corner. There are plenty of other things distracting them too. Anna is about to marry Lia's twin brother; Lia's older half-brother, who lives hours away on the family farm, looks like he might be disinherited by their curmudgeonly father; and Lia's ex-boyfriend seems not to understand it's over. And there's all the delicious cooking. Then, when a gorgeous stranger taps on Lia's window near midnight and turns out not to be a serial killer, it seems a healthy new interest could develop. But the past won't let them be, and when Lia's ex becomes dangerous, she must decide whether events rule her life or she does.