Ashley Montague is nearing the end of her police training, but nothing she's learnt has prepared her for the deadly ride that awaits her. The shocking discovery of a body on the highway and her glimpse of a mysterious hooded figure watching from the side of the road catapult the rookie cop into a case that will take her deep into the sinister underbelly that is Miami's drug world.
At another crime scene, in the heart of the Florida Everglades, Detective Jake Dilessio stares at a mutilated body - identical to the victims of a cult leader he put behind bars five years earlier. Is this a copycat killer, or is the wrong man in jail and the real killer still on the hunt?
When it's clear there is a connection between the two cases, the untested rookie and the arrogant veteran join forces to investigate. Together they are dragged into a dark, dangerous world of corruption and evil, where a callous traitor in the ranks of the police force and a cold, calculating mastermind of terror are waiting for them. Now, Ashley and Jake are not only fighting for their lives . . . they're fighting against the attraction they can't deny.
