When the sirens fade, who keeps you safe?
Mary Chavez is rebuilding her life after a campus scandal and a love that refused to fit the rules. A new boyfriend turns violent, and a fixer with spearmint gum on his breath escalates the threats. Detective Aisha Quinn, reporter Nadia Ruiz, and Mary’s kitchen-table circle push back—turning fear into a plan. This is romantic-suspense grounded in women’s real lives: second-chance love with Rob, found family, and a crime plot that clicks into devastating truth. Survivor-centered, propulsive, and tender in the details you’ll never forget.

Content notes: domestic violence, stalking, gun violence and institutional betrayal.

A Gianni North Story