Kali O'Brien has just about seen it all, representing the bizarre, the tragic, and the out-and-out dangerous in her San Francisco law firm. But nothing could prepare her for the trial awaiting her in the sleepy Sierra hometown she thought she'd left behind. The defendant is a friend from Kali's past, Jannine Marrero. Though all the evidence suggests that the quiet housewife brutally murdered her husband in cold blood, something compels Kali to defend her -- a move that could be the greatest mistake of her life. As Kali is drawn deeper into a morass of sexual scandal, blackmail, and dark secrets, she begins to doubt everything she's ever believed about her past...and everyone she ever thought she could trust. And somewhere in the shadows, a killer is waiting to strike the moment Kali discovers the shocking truth...