Jackson Talbot loves a challenge. And no one is a greater challenge than the closed-off Adam Finlay. An awkward partnership gets Jackson’s foot in the door, but it will take every bit of skill he possesses to get any further with Adam.

Amidst the excitement of a high-stakes poker game, white lies and past mistakes threaten to destroy the fragile relationship the two men have begun to build. In the end, can two Jacks beat the Queen of Hearts?

Mordecai Jones has lived and breathed the theater from an early age. Leaving Chicago for the freedom and possibility of the West, Mordecai opened the Queen of Hearts theater to bring a bit of culture to the dusty town. And in Danvers he can finally play the role he desires on his own stage.

When Barrett meets Mordecai, the two men instantly connect, but their fledgling relationship is tested when first one girl and then another is brutally murdered, coming ever closer to Barrett and Mordecai. As the sheriff, Barrett has a job to do, but will Mordecai get in his way?