Alexa DeBrow is the golden girl. The beautiful young doctor has a blossoming career, an aspiring politician for a fiancé, and money to wrap herself in the finer things. But when she's assaulted in downtown Austin, her charmed life veers askew. During the struggle with her attacker, she gets the upper hand and kills her assailant. Self defense? The police don't buy it. Alexa can't rub the sweet look of satisfaction from her face. Facing a murder charge and a bitter trial that unravels her fairy tale life, she fears she's lost herself along with her friends and family. If she survives the trial, she'll have to start over, but can she leave the urge to kill wicked souls behind?