Hours after Breanna Jordan secretly boarded the plane that took her back to Philadelphia, the body of her lover, Sean Thomas, washed up on the pink, sandy beach of Horseshoe Bay in Bermuda. Breanna, now on the run, has her lawyer, affectionately known as Spiegel, in a frizzled search to get her off the hook before time runs out.

Sassy, risk-taking Spiegel Cullen doesn't need another high-profile murder trial, especially when the accused is her ex-boyfriend's sister. But Congressman Felix Jordan wants her, and no one else, to get his daughter—charged with first-degree murder—"out of this mess." Spiegel, however, wants nothing more at this time in her life than to yield to her personal dreams.

The juxtaposition of delicate thoughts and professional demands has left this assistant district attorney, turned attorney for the defense, feeling ill at ease.

The case unfolds in the heat of media frenzy, as Spiegel quickly learns that Bermuda wants the world to know that murder on its soil will not be tolerated, even if the accused is the congressman's daughter. Tick Tock is a witty courtroom drama with lots of romantic suspense.