Something that seems too good to be true often is just that . . . Lauren Wallace's life in Charlotte, North Carolina, had been nothing but rough. Her mother was an addict, and she never knew the identity of her father. At the age of seven, she was thrown in the custody of foster care. School is where she flourished. She was smart, and it earned her a college degree. Getting offered a job in New Orleans was the best thing to happen in her life. She was a little fish trying to swim in a big pond. Lauren hadn't really experienced life like most women her age. Lauren was grown with a young girl's mind-set. She was out on Bourbon Street when she came face-to-face with a man that was going to rock her world to the core. Edward Bradley, a native of New Orleans, was everything a woman wanted in a man. He was smart, good-looking, the owner of a business, and financially stable, but there was more to him that no one knew about. Edward suffered from the sins of his past. He took one look at Lauren, and she was now going to be his next conquest. One bad deal that Edward makes changes Lauren's life in more ways than she bargained for. She comes face-to-face with Edward's demons. In order to save face, Edward thinks of only one thing to sacrifice: Lauren. Will Lauren be able to escape Edward's wrath, or will she die trying to survive?