When Lieutenant Eve Dallas examines a fresh body in a seedy alleyway in downtown Manhattan, the victims injuries are so extensive that she almost misses the clue. Carved into the skin is the shape of a heart--initials inside reading E and D. Ella-Loo and her boyfriend Darryl were separated for more than three years while Darryl was a guest of the State of Oklahoma, and now that his sentence has been served they don't intend to ever part again. Ella-Loo's got dreams. And Darryl believes there are better ways to achieve your dreams than working for them. So they hit the road, and when their car breaks down just over the Arkansas border, they make plans to take someone else's. Then things get a little messy and they wind up killing someone--an experience that stokes a fierce, wild desire in Ella-Loo. A desire for Darryl. And a desire to kill again. As they cross state lines on their way to New York to find the life they think they deserve, they leave a trail of evil behind them. But now they've landed in the jurisdiction of Lieutenant Dallas and her team at the New York City Police and Security Department. And with her husband, Roarke, at her side, she has every intention of hunting them down and giving them what they truly deserve.