From the outside looking in, twenty-six-year-old Phoenix has a perfect life. She has the house, the cars, the clothes, and the perfect husband. To Phoenix, this is the furthest thing from the truth. Behind closed doors, her husband is the definition of a narcissist and his suffocating ways has Phoenix ready to give up. She’s drowning while everyone around her is watching, but refuses to give her a life jacket. Then she meets him. The minute Theory meets the brown beauty with the sad eyes, he’s intrigued. Although he isn’t looking for a relationship, even he can’t deny the magnetic pull he feels when she’s around. Theory is the breath of fresh air she craves. His carefree demeanor and hood charm has Phoenix second-guessing everything she thought she knew. When lines are crossed, emotions are involved, things take a deadly turn leaving Phoenix caught in the crossfire of lies and deception.