Aislinn Killeen is a good girl. When her sister goes missing while on a trip to New York, Aislinn leaves her hometown of Dublin to search for her. She finds shelter with her uncle, a priest in the city's largest Irish Catholic parish and also a confessor to the Irish mafia. Her investigations soon lead her to the underworld and one of its main players: Lorcan Devaney. Lorcan Devaney's reign is brutal, his temper is fearsome and he has no patience. Aislinn is confident that he is the person who knows what happened to her sister. She realizes too late that attracting the attention of a man like Lorcan is a terrible idea. When secrets from her family's past are revealed, she is forced to marry the man who may be responsible for her sister's disappearance. Will she find her sister and escape an unwanted marriage, or will she become the second Killeen to disappear?