Just as Lettie Portman begins to think she may have found a man worthy of her love, a new case puts it all into perspective.A prominent senator's wife is dead, and all signs point to suicide. Lettie, however, has her doubts. If her instincts are to be trusted, the senator himself is to blame for his spouse's untimely end. But just what did this slain woman know that was worth killing to keep quiet?Detective Tony Reed wants to help find the answers, but Lettie's keeping him at an arm's length. It's hard to believe in the fairytale while probing the depths of the senator's fraught marriage. Proof that it can all go wrong in a heartbeat. Is it really worth opening herself up to love if doing so le