The murder of a close friend always brings heartbreak and chills the soul. For Lanie Price, it also raises questions—ones that demand answers.

Vera Kincaid had everything to live for. The wife of a wealthy preacher man, she was smart, beautiful, respected, and popular. But lovely wives often have dark secrets and Vera was no exception. When she is found dead in a place she shouldn't have been—with a man she shouldn't have been— more than her personal reputation is threatened.

Society reporter Lanie Price investigates the death of a woman she held dear and finds out that, for Vera, forbidden love had deadly consequences.