In the sequel to her sexy fun 2004 novel, Under the Boardwalk, as a former security specialist, Zoe Costas is immediately suspicious when charming, handsome stranger Ryan Baldwin shows up during at a birthday party at the zany Costas household. The party is for Sam, the young teenage girl Zoe's eccentric family is about to adopt. But the buttoned-up Ryan claims he's Sam's long-lost uncle, and his wealthy Boston family wants to bring her home. But someone else has tracked Sam down, someone who never wanted the child to be found. Ryan is determined to protect Sam and find out what really happened to his sister -- Sam's mother. And Zoe "whatever-it-takes" Costas is just the woman to help him do it.