Humanitarian aid worker Gia Andrews chases disasters around the globe for a living. Its the perfect lifestyle to keep her far away from her own dark past.

Sixteen years ago, Gias father was imprisoned for brutally killing her stepmother. Now that hes back home and dying of cancer, Gia must care for him and reluctantly resumes the role of daughter to the towns most infamous murderer. Gias old wounds are ripped open as protesters show up on the lawn and death threats are hurled at her, turning her own personal tragedy, once again, into front-page news.

As the past unravels before her, Gia finds herself torn between the stories that family, friends, and even her long-departed stepmother have believed to be real all these years. But in the end, the truthand all the lies that came beforemay have deadlier consequences than she could have ever anticipated….