Twelve years after the disappearance of his first love, Layla, Finn is engaged to Layla's sister, Ellen. Yet Finn has doubts about Ellen--doubts that turn into fears when someone from Finn's past reports that Layla is alive and hiding in plain sight.

Finn and Layla are young, in love, and on vacation. Driving along the highway, Finn stops at a service station to use the restroom. He locks the doors behind him; when he returns Layla is gone, never to be seen again. That is the story Finn told to the police.... Ten years later Finn is engaged to Layla's sister, Ellen. His heart wants to believe that she is the one for him, even though a sixth sense tells him not to trust her. Then someone sees Layla, hiding in plain sight. Items from Layla's past keep turning up. If Layla is alive, and on Finn's trail, what does she want? -- adapted from back cover.