Fort Hope

After embarrassing himself during an interview with a senator, Seattle-based reporter Greg McCullough finds himself unemployed. With nothing to lose, he travels across the country to the city of Fort Hope, New Jersey in order to get to know his father's brother and his family. Unfortunately for Greg, for reasons unbeknownst to him, neither his uncle nor his aunt seem particularly pleased by his presence. He does, however, make friends with their adopted daughter Emma as well as Rachael Langley, the daughter of billionaire tycoon Alexander Langley.

Greg irritates Alexander while trying to figure out why Emma seems so familiar to him despite having never met her before arriving in Fort Hope. Shortly thereafter, someone breaks into Greg's motel room and plants drugs in a drawer in an apparent effort to frame Greg for trafficking. While trying to prove that Alexander was behind the break in, Greg inadvertently uncovers a secret that his family and the Langleys have holding onto for over a quarter century.