In Virginia, a killer abducts and tortures Sarah Shepherd, 51, sending videotapes to TV stations so the public will pay $10 million in ransom. Then he falls in love and offers freedom but she refuses, unwilling to return to her nursing home. A first novel.

Still reeling from his drug-dealing father's murder, moving in with the wealthy mother he never knew, and transferring to a private school, fifteen-year-old Jude is tricked into pleading guilty to a crime he did not commit.

After Justin witnesses his brother's accidental shooting death, he must live with the repercussions, as the same horrific day seems to happen over and over.