They never found her sister's body, but Detective Rebecca Montgomery knows her murderer is still out there. A savage menace stalks the women of San Antonio, and the relentless detective will do anything to find him.

But her latest case plunges Rebecca from her grief into a brand-new nightmare. She soon meets handsome, mysterious Diego Galvan at the crime scene, and his shadowy connections will lead to her first break in both cases.

But when Rebecca submits to his considerable powers of seduction, she will leave herself vulnerable to a merciless killer.

The brutally slain body of a man is found on the holy grounds of a chapel, and a cryptic message pinned to his chest unravels the lives of people touched by a dark secret. Detective Raven Mackenzie and her partner uncover the dead man's connection to a powerful female crime boss and are led to her mysterious head of security, Christian Delacorte, who soon becomes the prime suspect.