\\Contains graphic content involving the sensitive topic of rape and its aftermath. Not intended for teens under 18.\\ Sometimes bad things happen to beautiful people. When socialite party girl Mia Abbott-Renou wakes up in a garden she has little recall of the previous night—except that she is naked...hurt...terrified. Not only has she been raped, but she knows one of her assailants: the son of a wealthy politician who happens to be her own father’s political ally. Mia wants and needs justice. Except this privileged boy has an alibi and her father forbids her from going to the police. It’s a critical election year, one that his party might lose if his image as a doting father is soured due to Mia being labeled a lush or worse, promiscuous. Devastated at not having the support of her family, Mia finds herself in a tug-of-war with her conscience over what to do, especially since she can’t remember exactly what happened that night. Worse, the men who attacked her have hurt several other girls, and Mia may be the key to stopping them. Mia tries to forget, until the unthinkable happens, and she’s left reeling once again until she realizes that her strength will bring healing and unlocking her memories will bring justice.

A confrontation is brewing … Mia realizes the aftermath of her rape is not over when she is rocked by another challenge, one that will put her publicly at odds with her father, a U.S. Senator who has made her the poster child for his re-election. But the public face he wants her to wear can’t be further from who she is inside. The latest rape victim is expected to die soon, and only Mia can identify the attackers. With pressure from the police to come forward, Mia is distraught when her father forbids her from speaking out. She is surprised to discover new allies in her siblings, who break ranks with her father to support her. But even they have their own agenda. Before Mia turns eighteen, she’ll face the ultimate choice: betraying her family or her conscience.

The truth will set her free … But first, it might suffocate her. After a brief reprieve and quiet birthday, Mia once more becomes the center of media attention. This time, it’s because the allegations against her attackers go public – before Mia and her team are ready. Thrust into intense public scrutiny again, Mia is faced with a new difficulty from the direction of her father, who follows through with his threats and forever alters the dynamics of her world. Her desperate need to be loved by her father is crushed once and for all. But it’s the great family secret she discovers that offers her the first piece of real hope she’s experienced since the incident. For the first time in months, she’s starting to see a light at the end of the tunnel – and that light includes Dom. All she has to do is survive the publicity – and a terrifying confrontation with one of the men who hurt her.