Having survived a police-involved shooting and her first week, Emma Parks is forced to relive the worst years of her life when a child is mysteriousy kidnapped. The bureaucracy of Child Protective Services attacks her when she stands for the truth, and her worst enemy vows to make her life hell. Emma's family is facing their own life and death struggles, but they won't reach out to her because of their own dark secrets, plus the family's powerful matriarch is in town demanding Emma's attention and seeking answers. Penniless, powerless, and almost alone, Emma's darkest days seem ahead of her, not behind. Could she lose her job and her lover in the police department when the truth comes out? This is the second of the Emma Parks series, preceded by "Hope Knocks Twice" and followed by "Emma Forgiven."