Vandalism and violence at Fortune Farm have pulled investigator Denny Watkins home to Southern Louisiana. Her insistent ex-girlfriend, Patty Price, expects Denny to get to the bottom of an endless nightmare of trouble. For Denny, it means watching Patty with Yolanda Cousins, the creepy, conniving low life who stole Patty away.

Denny had hoped Patty was exaggerating, but the chaos at the farm borders on evil. The Price family is well-loved but nothing has been right since the death of Patty’s mother. A war-crazy neighbor and a business competitor are just the beginning of the list of suspects.

But just as Denny feels she’s making progress, Yolanda asks for help from an old friend of her own: police officer Bonita Corcoran. The move is so typical of Yolanda—it’s an already difficult situation, but now Denny must deal with the most attractive, seductive woman she has ever met.