Happiness. Love. Desire. Murder.

Former homicide detective Erin McKenzie couldn't be any happier with her new life and her fiancée Elizabeth Adams--until the not so distant past comes knocking at the door. Erin's former colleague Detective Patricia Henderson--the woman both she and Liz have intimate ties to--shows up with a fresh crime scene photo that looks all too familiar. The body of a man discarded in the desert, genitals mutilated, pants down around his ankles, is a near carbon copy of the murders Elizabeth was previously accused of. To make matters worse, the victim is an actor who works for Liz's movie production company, and she had argued with the young man on more than one occasion.

Erin can't believe it's happening again. Soon the police are all over Liz about her missing sister's whereabouts and the Adams' name is once again at the center of a high-profile investigation. The new murder resurrects old questions and when Liz all but sends her packing, Erin can't help but wonder what her lover is hiding. Lost, alone and frightened, Erin finds herself back at the very place where her emotional journey began, with Patricia Henderson.

When two more murders occur, both implicating the Adams's, Erin is once again caught in midst of it all, and no matter how hard she fights it, she's where she never thought she'd be...deeper.