Sports hero Robbie Childress had been acquitted of killing his wife. Now his father-in-law, Tom Bergen, stands accused of killing him. As a power hungry prosecution and an infamous defense team square off in court, a bigger battle is raging in Tess Bergen's soul. Somehow she must choose between her love for her father and her knowledge of his guilt--and between her passion for P.I. Dan Hadley and her terror that he will discover her secret.