While searching for fifteen-year-old Ramona Titus, who has run away from her foster home, Black homicide cop-turned-PI Cass Raines soon discovers that Ramona is holding secrets dark enough to kill for and if Cass can't find her first, she will have nowhere left to run.

"Amber Nicholls, Lachlan McCarthy, and Raffaele Wright would normally have absolutely nothing in common. But growing up as foster kids in Teddy's seaside home along the Cornish coast has forged a bond tighter than Gorilla glue. Each of them have their own messes in life to deal with, but Teddy's big news is the cherry on top. Teddy's gone on a vacation cruise around the Mediterranean and met the woman of his dreams. The only problem for his loyal-to-a-fault...