Retired fencing Olympian Hugo De la Vega lives a quiet life in Olive Township. He has his friends his olive orchard and a recurring daydream about what he would say to his father's murderer if given the chance to look him in the eyes. True crime podcaster Mallory Hawkins arrives in the eclectic small desert town with one purpose: to investigate Hugo's father's unsolved murder from twenty years ago. A chance meeting at a sandwich shop has Hugo harmlessly flirting with Mallory until he realizes she's the stubborn woman who has been hounding him for months. Hugo's swift and emphatic refusal to support her investigation forces Mallory to reveal her personal connection to the case. Now Hugo is spending time with the woman whose emails he once deleted. She's witty eternally curious and pregnant . Finding this out should make it easier for Hugo to deny the magnetic pull he feels toward her but it has the opposite effect. When a situation threatens Mallor