Years after the heartbreak that shattered his family, Tim now lives a quieter life on a modest ranch in Arizona. Still driving for Saxon Brothers Trucking, he runs a steady cross-border route between El Paso, Texas, and Tijuana, Mexico. For the first time in ages, the road feels familiar rather than punishing, and the weight of the past has begun to lift. He even finds a spark of new love in Jenelle. But when a violent incident in El Paso draws him in, Tim is forced back into a world of danger he thought he’d left behind—one that threatens not only his hard-earned peace, but the lives of those closest to him.

Tim’s oldest and most loyal friend, JD hasn’t lost his oversized personality—or his tendency to act from the gut. Though older and perhaps a little rougher around the edges, his loyalty remains absolute. When a fellow trucker is killed under suspicious circumstances, JD’s pursuit of justice—or revenge—sets off a chain of events that pulls Tim and their boss, John Saxon, into a deadly confrontation neither wanted nor expected.

The principled owner of Saxon Brothers Trucking, John is rocked by the senseless killing of one of his best men. His determination to uncover the truth and hold the guilty accountable leads him into unfamiliar territory—and into the path of a ruthless enemy. What begins as a search for justice spirals into a reckoning that may cost more than any of them can afford.

Tim’s new love interest, a bright spot in his otherwise hard-edged world. Grounded and perceptive, she offers Tim a chance at emotional redemption, just as his past and present begin to collide in dangerous ways.

The calculating and cold-blooded leader of a sophisticated theft ring operating out of El Paso. When his criminal enterprise threatens the lives and livelihoods of honest truckers, he finds himself in direct conflict with Tim, JD, and John Saxon—a conflict that escalates toward inevitable violence.

Into a home already fraying at the edges steps Andrew Barnes, soft-spoken, attentive, and dangerously opportunistic. What begins as kindness quickly curdles into control, and by the time anyone sees his true nature, the damage has already been done, leading to tragic consequences.

Young and impressionable, Jeremy Harrison is an ordinary boy navigating the emotional fallout of his parents' divorce, a hardship all too common in the world of long-haul trucking. But as he struggles to find his footing between two fractured households, Jeremy unknowingly draws the attention of Andrew Barnes, a man whose simmering discontent seeks a target—and finds one in the most vulnerable place.