The rich and powerful Josephine Lazarow, matriarch of Fairham Island, is deceased. The police state it’s suicide, but Keith, her estranged boy, doesn’t believe it.

Keith bears scars-both physical and emotional-from his childhood, but he’s worked hard to overcome days gone by. After walking from his mom and her managing ways five years ago, he’s built a fresh existence in L.A. He’s also gathered a lot of money of his personal. But when he learns of his mother’s death, he profits to Fairham. He feels he owes it to his grandfather to put the family empire together again, and he’s decided to discover his mother’s killer.

The problem is, coming home to Fairham puts him back in contact with Nancy Dellinger, the woman he hurt so badly when he still left before. And digging that deep into his mother’s last days and hours entails an extremely real risk. Because the person who wiped out her could be someone he loves .