Cordelia Black loves exactly three things: Her chosen family comprised of her best friend Diane and her goddaughter, her hairdresser (worth every penny plus tip), and killing bad men. By day she's a successful pharma rep with her pristine reputation and designer wardrobe, by night she's culling South Louisiana of unscrupulous men. It's a complicated, yet fulfilling life that requires complete and total control- at all times. But when the evening news starts throwing around the word serial killer, suddenly pressure heightens for Cordelia in the South. And it's only exacerbated when Diane starts dating a man who Cordelia isn't sure is a good person. Soon enough Cordelia's world starts to spiral and she loses control of those tightly held threads that keep her safe. and she has to come face to face with the choices she's made. Both her family, and her freedom, depend on it.