Melissa thought she’d found love with Jason, only to discover he’s the senator’s son—destined to marry his high-society fiancée, Natalie. Demoted from wife to mistress, Melissa is told she’s lucky to even keep that title, but the humiliation cuts deeper than any wound. When Jason demands she follow him to D.C. as a kept woman, Melissa chooses the open road and her own freedom, leaving the man who never truly saw her behind.
When a senator’s twisted heir shatters a farm girl’s body and soul, Maple Heights turns a blind eye—except for one cop. Derek Lane is the only man ruthless enough to drag the town’s monsters into the light, even if it means taking on the Seven Stars Society and the Deacon dynasty. But as secrets bleed and power shields the guilty, can Derek bring justice to a girl whose only crime was honesty?