Emiko Waters became pregnant at the age of sixteen. Determined not to be another statistic, the only thing on her mind from the day she had her daughter was providing a good life. Not even a summer trip to Miami to visit her cousin, can deter Emiko from her plan. While her daughter is in Texas, visiting her father, Emiko agrees to go to Miami only if she gets a job. Partying all summer is not on her agenda, getting money is. Emiko falls in love with Miami right away, and even more than that, she falls in love with her cousin Shayla’s lifestyle. Shayla is living her best life, and Emiko is borderline jealous. She knows that she will have to work extra hard to get to where she wants to be in life because she has a child. Shayla tries to hint around to Emiko that she could reach her monetary goals faster, if she gave a man a chance. Namely, Adair. The leader of the rowdy Haitian crew, the Meurtre (Murder) Mafia. Emiko has to agree that Adair is indeed fine as anything she’s ever seen, but he has a girl, she’s not in Miami to stay, and she’s not comfortable sleeping with men for money. From her first day in Miami, life is lit, but one night changes the course of Emiko’s life forever. Suddenly, she’s being hit with tragedy after tragedy and loss after loss. Adair never leaves her side and is literally keeping her alive. Emiko loses the will to fight, and she becomes a completely different person right before Adair’s eyes. Life has turned her cold and savage, and he doesn’t know if it’s a bad thing. Adair soon becomes addicted to Emiko, even as broken as she is, and he vows to be the one to fix her. But soon, even Adair realizes that the Emiko that he initially met, may never come back, and he has to figure out if he has the energy to deal with the baggage. Once he finds himself in the middle of a war with some Dominicans, Adair may have to choose to walk away from the damaged Emiko, but can he?