A sexy fast-paced thriller set in New Orleans, philanthropist and socialite Elise Harrington is killed in a hit-and-run, prompting her best friend, Jordan Toussaint - a successful forensic pathologist in Washington, DC - to return home to Louisiana. While she's trying to both revisit and avoid her past, she enlists the help of her former lover, police detective Marcus Benoit, to join her on the case. In the process, Jordan stumbles upon a conspiracy; revealing Elise's death to be a much more malevolent matter...involving cover ups, drug gangs, real estate disputes, and a family legacy of pride and power.