[1] Well-known murder mystery novelist Grace Miller gets an urgent message from her sister Kathleen, who she hasn't seen for five years, to come help her.

They haven't talked about why she'd left her rich and powerful husband Jonathan Breezewood, and Kathleen is living in their childhood home in Washington D.C. She'd wanted a divorce from the misogynist, but he refused and her pill addiction prevented her from taking their young son Kevin.

Now clean, she's teaching high school English and drama and needs Grace's support in her fight for full custody.

Homicide Detective Ed Jennings has a week off, so he's renovating his house, where he's Kathleen's next door neighbor.

Collecting her things from the house the next day, Grace goes over the details she'd observed with Ed, and he likewise answers some of her questions.

Outside the school Jerald Baxter, son of a senator, asks Grace what she knows about Kathleen's death, but she doesn't say.

Citing help she gave to the NYPD which ended a case they'd worked on for months solved three days after she'd joined them, she offers herself as an asset.

Returning to student Rand's house, they find a watch fitting the description, he has an injury on his arm and his size matches.

At the next morning's debriefing, after Ben reports Rand's legit alibis, Grace proposes baiting the killer by posing as Desiree.

She secretly leaves the computer on live feed and Jerald confesses to all, even a plot to kill his own mother.

In January 2021, it was announced Alyssa Milano would star in a feature film adaption of Nora Roberts’ romance thriller Brazen Virtue with Monika Mitchell directing.

To those who state they'll never read my work again due to differing political viewpoints and opinions, or because a talented, experienced actor will play a role, I can only say that's their choice.