His whole career, Remy Mistral has fought for reform in a state where corruption is an art form. Now is his chance to quit talking about reform and make his move to change things, but two things stand in his way. One is a woman, the other a killer.Dorothy Morgana Merlinn would like some answers but her parents are dead—her father by an assassin's bullet—so she'll have to settle for justice. She'll do what it takes to get it, including making a deal with Remy Mistral, the man who humiliated her ten years ago.But when she stirs up the Louisiana mud, she gets more than she bargained for, including a romance with the man she planned to put in the crosshairs to flush out a killer.Greed, corruption and betrayal clutter the board in a complicated chess game with life, death and love on the line...