[1] The previous books in the series are Blindsighted, Kisscut, A Faint Cold Fear, Indelible, and Faithless.

Sara Linton spends all day being deposed in a malpractice lawsuit filed by the parents of Jimmy Powell, now dead from leukemia, over a technicality.

Everything she's built up for the last sixteen years is crumbling as greedy townspeople line up to get in on the action, not realizing their betrayal of her will only result in higher healthcare costs for everyone, or that the nearest pediatrician is 100 miles away.

When he's called away to the town of Reese, it's almost a relief to get to go with him, except that they're going because his assistant Lena lies in a hospital with smoke inhalation injuries, under arrest, and suspected of being involved in a murder.

Reese is Lena's home town, and she came back to check on her uncle Hank, the ex-addict who raised her and her twin sister.