Stella Vance has spent most of her life trapped in a cycle of violence and dysfunction in rural Mississippi. When her twin brother, Wyatt, suddenly disappears after leaving for Texas, she follows the only lead she has to Eden, Texas, desperate for answers. But Wyatt's disappearance is tied to something far more dangerous than she imagined. While searching for him, Stella crosses paths with FBI agent Stone McNeely, who is investigating a cartel-linked operation Wyatt may have become involved with before he vanished. Reluctantly drawn into the investigation, Stella and Stone form an uneasy partnership that quickly becomes something far more personal. As the case pulls them deeper into a world of trafficking, corruption, and violence, the truth surrounding Wyatt's disappearance grows darker-and increasingly deadly. With danger closing in from every direction, Stella and Stone must decide how much they're willing to risk for the truth... and for each other.

After her marriage crumbles beneath the weight of betrayal, Laura Carmichael leaves the life she's always known behind. With her two teenage daughters in tow, she starts over in the small town of Ellisville, Mississippi, determined to rebuild a life from the ashes of her divorce. When a chance encounter at a local coffee shop introduces her to the charismatic Frank Schumacher, owner of Schumacher Insurance Group in nearby Laurel, Laura is offered an office manager position she feels wildly unqualified for. Frank insists she's exactly what his company needs, and for the first time in months, Laura begins to believe fate may finally be giving her family the fresh start they deserve. She's wrong. For two years, teenagers have been disappearing from the surrounding counties without a trace. The cases have gone cold, the community lives in fear, and no one has been able to explain why the victims simply vanish. Then Laura's sixteen-year-old daughter, Sophia, attends a party with her eighteen-year-old sister, Savannah... and never comes home. As detectives search for answers, Laura refuses to believe her daughter is gone. Every clue uncovers another piece of Sophia's hidden life, including a secret she had been too afraid to share with the person she trusted most. The discovery shatters Laura. She and Sophia had never kept secrets from one another- or so she believed. That realization that her daughter carried such a heavy burden alone only deepens her determination to bring her home. But someone was watching Laura's family before Sophia disappeared. Someone who knew exactly when Laura became vulnerable. Someone hiding behind respectability, power, and a friendly smile. As the investigation closes in on a web of corruption stretching far beyond one small Mississippi town, Laura finds herself caught in a nightmare where deadly secrets bind together traffickers, law enforcement, physicians, and influential community leaders.

Wyatt Vance has spent his entire life learning how to survive. Growing up in a broken Mississippi home with alcoholic parents, Wyatt and his twin sister, Stella, have always had one plan: survive long enough to turn eighteen and get the hell out. But at sixteen, one bad decision puts Wyatt in Frank Schumacher's path-a wealthy, respected businessman who offers him a way out of trouble. The favor comes with a price. Soon, Wyatt finds himself trapped in a world far darker than anything he imagined. Threats become orders. Secrets become leverage. And every attempt to fight back only gives Frank another way to tighten his grip. Then there's Harper Madden. She's the one person who makes Wyatt imagine a life beyond survival. The one person who sees something in him worth loving. And the one person Wyatt knows Frank can use to destroy him. Caught between protecting his twin sister, keeping Harper safe, and surviving the men who won't let him walk away, Wyatt is forced to make choices that will follow him long after they're made. Every decision Wyatt makes comes down to the same thing: keeping Stella and Harper alive, even if it means sacrificing himself. To everyone looking from the outside, Wyatt Vance may seem like a troubled kid who chose the wrong path. But every story has two sides. Sometimes the truth is buried beneath fear, coercion, and what we're willing to do for the people we love. This is Wyatt's side. His mistakes. His secrets. His fight to survive. The sister he would do anything to protect. The girl he would risk everything to save. And above all else... His love. **Love, Wyatt.**