Walking in a winter wonder land was as perfect as the song implied until a corpse is dropped in an outdoor ice cathedral, and Rose is hurled into another set of circumstances that will alter her life forever. Like ripples rising from shadowy depths to stir the surface, everything in Benton begins to change with her discovery of the unidentified body. Secrets buried in an intricacy of deceit and betrayal threatens to destroy more than reputations if truth is exposed to the light. Someone knows all about the cadaver, and they're watching. Another will do anything it takes to keep the secrets locked away and they've killed before. Austin knew the trouble was starting when the coins came and based on the ancient inscription that found its way to him through time and space, he didn't let his wheelchair get in the way of helping a friend.