Two months after the suspicious and much-publicized death of his father on the island, it is taking all of Adam Blaine's character to suture the deep wounds torn open by the tragedy. Moreover, as the court inquest into Benjamin Blaine's death continues, it is taking all of Adam's cunning to protect those closest to him from those who still suspect that his father was murdered by one of his kin. But the sternest test of all is Adam's proximity to Carla Pacelli - his late father's mistress - a woman who Adam finds himself increasingly drawn to.