Susan Whitfield has taken a private nursing assignment at Windward, a remote yet beautiful estate in coastal South Carolina. In addition to the magnificent scenery, there's the promise of unexpected diversion with the town's attractive police chief. Increasingly concerned that her new patient has a dark secret, she wrestles with her conscience and her duty to uphold the terms of a confidentiality agreement. The consequences for coming forward will be great, but her silence could cost her even more.