“ I can hear the sirens in the background. They are still faint, so I have a little more time to watch it all burn.” Emily Lewis is ready for a big change in her life. She has moved to a new city, started a new business, bought a new house, and changed her appearance. But what is she trying to escape? Perhaps a dark past? Victoria Berman is coming home. She's coming home from a failure, from an embarrassment and shame that she doesn't want to share with her family, and is looking for solace in her long-time confidant, her brother Hudson. But is this shameful secret the ONLY thing that Victoria is hiding ? Everything for Emily is going well, until she meets, and eventually falls for Hudson, which puts her and Victoria on a collision course. Victoria’s jealousy, suspicion, and anger cause Emily betrayal and heartache and force her to take matters into her own hands . Emily and Victoria battle as each of their truths are revealed and, in the end, who will live happily ever after, and whose life will be forever changed; all because of her.