Kay Havelin just landed her first job as an attorney with a prominent New Orleans law firm, but standing in the way of her dream life and career is her abusive, addict boyfriend, Casey Young. After offering to help him through rehab, things gets tense and she ends the relationship. But when Casey is found dead a week later, she is called to defend the one person who refused to help her, Casey’s oldest friend and dealer, Markus Finch. Officer Reese Milo is called to the case after suffering an injury he’s only recently recovered from, and his suspicions arise when his old mentor accuses Kay of lying to put him away. Reese ignores the accusations but in the course of finding out the truth, he becomes more convinced that the old man might not be lying after all. Is Kay Havelin capable of murder? Or is the old man’s accusation his last shot at revenge? Should Reese trust the man who raised him, or put his faith in a woman whose past is much darker than his own?

As Kay Havelin takes on her first major solo case of her career, a series of personal attacks threatens to ruin her. Not wanting the attention of the police or the press, Kay is forced to take matters into her own hands. With growing suspicions of Kay’s involvement with Daniel Davenport, Officer Reese Milo tries to find his way back to the career he once knew as the case brings new leads. But when an unfortunate event threatens to shake him, could an unlikely tip bring him a new perspective?

After surviving a threat on her life, Kay Havelin is faced with new challenges in the Davenport case when new accusers come forward. Will she be able to keep Daniel out of jail, or will a new outlook take her on an unexpected path? With the impending arrest of Daniel Davenport looming, Reese Milo thinks his case is finally making progress when new information turns it on his head making him rethink everything that he believed about the murder of Lacey Davenport. Taking a risk, he goes against Sallie’s orders to get to the truth, but will it cost him everything?

New Orleans police officer Reese Milo has been kicked out of the department, but it won't stop his investigation of the mysterious attorney, Kay Havelin. People around her end up dead or in prison, and Reese is more determined than ever to prove his suspicions about her are true, even if it takes putting everything on the line, including his life. Kay Havelin is prepping for the biggest case of her career, but her law partner is pressuring her into giving him control so he can protect her. But when she discovers his dark secret, will it be too much for her to handle, or will a new plot for revenge come sooner than she thought?

After a deadly bombing puts the department in the spotlight, Reese struggles to keep his case together. So, when a call to the DA scores a point for Kay Havelin, Reese is more determined than ever not to give up. Even if it means putting all of his cards on the table, and a target on his back.

People keep dying around the mysterious attorney, Kay Havelin, and New Orleans police officer Reese Milo will risk his job and his life to find out why. All the evidence is coming together, but Officer Milo won’t like where it points. Fighting a war on all fronts, the cracks are starting to show in Kay Havelin’s carefully laid plans. As her world falls apart, she’ll have to avoid getting buried in the wreckage.