<b>This series is a spinoff of the Bruised Series.</b><br /><br />Baltimore Detectives Dee Quarter and Connie Wilks spring into action when a woman is strangled to death. The investigation immediately leads to Dee&rsquo;s ex, Grayson, who still wants her. As if Grayson isn&rsquo;t enough to deal with, the case brings Dee to Jonathan Wild, the leader of a cult called The Circle.<br /><br />The charismatic Jonathan is unlike any man Dee&rsquo;s ever met and his interest in the feisty cop goes beyond the case, threatening Dee&rsquo;s romance with Winston Lewis. Dee loves Winston with all her heart and despite curiosity for Jonathan, she refuses to get sucked in, but Dee doesn&rsquo;t know Jonathan plans to make her a member of The Circle whether she likes it or not.<br /><br />While juggling her love for Winston and intrigue toward Jonathan, Dee fights to solve the case, but will she lose herself in the process?