Kirby Austin is a half-Ute girl. Growing up on the reservation, most of what she has learned has come from television sit-coms. She marries young, to a rodeo bronc-buster named Jake. Once he becomes abusive, in the middle of one violent night she packs up their two kids and leaves.

Nashville, Tennessee—also known as Music City, USA—is THE place for people who want to make it in the music business, and Kirby heads there. Finding a job writing Obituaries for a local newspaper, Kirby finally feels that the puzzle known as her life has the pieces falling into place.

Then something terrible and sinister happens. A serial killer is on the loose—and Kirby is the main suspect.

She finds herself falling for a young, half-Comanche man (Nick), then feels her safe and ordered life falling apart further when the unthinkable happens.

Jake shows up in town. Kirby is suddenly in a race for time, to protect herself, her new life—and her children.