From #1 New York Times bestselling author and โmasterful storytellerโ (USA TODAY) Sandra Brownโa 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 fatherโs web. He and her older brotherโwho control the townโs sole industry, an iron foundryโare as corrupt as ever. Worse, they have hired a shrewd and disarming new lawyer, Beck Merchantโฆa man with his own agenda. When the police determine that Dannyโs suicide was actually a homicide, Sayre must battle her familyโand her passionate feelings for Beckโas she confronts a powder keg of old hatreds, past crimes, and a surprising plan of revenge.