Tawes is an island in the Chesapeake Bay, a quaint fishing village, and a place with a long and often violent history. The island culture is one of secrets, and Tawes hides many, including an ancient Indian burial ground. For Buck Davis, returning to his boyhood home as Chief of Police, he's faced with a vicious murder, a mysterious drowning, and the islanders' belief in a Nanticoke curse. Smart and sexy archeologist, Abbie Night Horse has the chief tied in knots, but as a mainlander, she will never understand the dangerous undercurrents of the isolated Eastern Shore Community. In Abbie's demands for justice and her belief in love, she underestimates a truth that could destroy them both. On Tawes, nothing is more powerful than Blood Ties.