From #1 New York Times bestselling author and âmasterful storytellerâ (USA TODAY) Sandra Brownâa sexy, sultry, family-based thriller set in a small southern town.
When her younger brother, Danny, commits suicide, Sayre Lynch breaks her vow never to return to her Louisiana hometown, and gets drawn back into her tyrannical fatherâs web. He and her older brotherâwho control the townâs sole industry, an iron foundryâare as corrupt as ever. Worse, they have hired a shrewd and disarming new lawyer, Beck MerchantâĻa man with his own agenda. When the police determine that Dannyâs suicide was actually a homicide, Sayre must battle her familyâand her passionate feelings for Beckâas she confronts a powder keg of old hatreds, past crimes, and a surprising plan of revenge.