After the horrific events that took place in Valentine Bluffs, TJ and Sara struggle to move on with their lives in a new town. Circumstances force TJ to move back to his hometown, where he tries to start a new life. 40 years pass, and the town of Valentine Bluffs has forgotten the names of Axel Palmer and Harry Warden. The next generation is getting ready to celebrate the big Valentine's Day dance. All seems well, until an ominous figure wielding a pick axe appears, leaving a trail of carnage behind.

An ex-con's plans to retire to Florida with a fortune in stolen money are waylaid after his former boss coaxes him to a remote bed and breakfast to protect the daughter he has never met. A storm traps him and 6 others at a B and B, events turn deadly. These seven seeming strangers discover that their lives are all connected by a tragic murder, from eleven years earlier.

A deadly pathogen is unleashed and unknowingly carried to Dana Overbeck's 30th birthday party, where her estranged father, Rufus, is coming to make amends.