Romance novelist and amateur sleuth E.J. Pugh has a knack for being in the wrong place at the right time. When she pulls a suicidal teenager named Brenna from a freezing Texas river, she thinks she's just doing a good deed. But Brenna's life is a nightmare, and things are about to get much worse. Shortly after the rescue, Brenna's mother is found murdered, and the troubled teen becomes the prime suspect. E.J. knows in her gut that the frightened girl is innocent. Determined to save Brenna from a life behind bars, E.J. dives headfirst into a dangerous investigation. Uncovering the truth about Brenna's deeply dysfunctional family might just cost E.J. her own life as she races to catch a ruthless killer. Will her determination be enough to save a young girl's future, or is she walking straight into a deadly trap?