Marci Walter entered the witness protection program after being whisked out of Starbucks one cold morning before work. Six months later Claire Smith emerges and boards a plane out of Dulles heading to Portland, Oregon. She ends up in an aging beach cottage on moody Cannon Beach with strict orders to stay close to home, be careful of strangers and never tell anyone about being in the program. Witness protection has given her a second chance, a new life with conditions. Do what they say, or else you are on your own. But how can a victim erase her old life, and create a new one based on lies and phony documents? Marci was never good at following rules. But now Claire is in charge. When evidence of cartel activity surfaces near her sleepy coastal town, Claire starts asking questions. Is she the target? The answer: possibly. So stay home, hunker down and hope they don't find her. She wants revenge, not a life of hiding and running from her previous boyfriend, a drug smuggler. With the help of an old flame and a retired British spy, Claire must decide how far she’s willing to go to protect her new life. She can cower and hide or follow her instincts to flush out the enemy. Wickedly sharp, quietly tense, and laced with dark humor, Claire is a slow-burn thriller about reinvention, retaliation, and the high cost of staying alive.