The Bodine ranch and resort in western Montana is a family group business, an idyllic spot for vacationers who wish to ride horses in the apple-crisp air or couples holding weddings under the wide-open sky. A bit more than thirty thousand acres, it is house to four decades—and behind the scenes, Bodine Longbow does all she can to keep things running with the help of her siblings, the staff, and the new hire, Callen Skinner.

But not far away, an aunt Bodine has never met lives in her own about Come Sundown twisted version of a family group, one no one is aware of, one she hardly ever chose. Years back, Alice was a rebellious eighteen-year-old who went off looking for independence and adventure. Right now she cowers in dread, rarely viewing the sunlight, her brain shattered by a guy who views her— and her offspring—as his rightful home. The Longbows don’t talk about Alice any more. Many silently presume that she actually is long dead.

Then a young bartender leaves the resort late one night, and Bo and Cal discover her battered body in the snow. It’s the 1st sign that risk lurks in the mountains that surround them, and it will not end up being the only murder to unnerve this peaceful town. But the very best shock is yet to arrive when Alice returns—and the threat that comes after in her wake will test the bonds that keep Bodine to this place and these folks, and thrust her into a darkness she could never have thought.