Gail Connor is a fast-rising attorney in a major South Florida law firm about to make partner—until her life is derailed by the discovery of her sister’s body in the Everglades. What at first appears to be a suicide soon becomes a homicide investigation with Gail as the prime suspect. To defend herself Gail must unravel the tangled web of her wild younger sister’s life which includes connections to drug traffickers a Native American artifact Gail’s own estranged husband and a handsome Cuban-American attorney Anthony Quintana to whom Gail is strongly attracted. But who can she trust as she fights for justice for her sister and herself?