Armed with more truth than Dahlia can stand, she squares off against her abuser and the mastermind behind her kidnapping, Bob, once and for all. Her feelings of vindication quickly fade as fingers point at her when Bob goes missing. Sylvia, Dahlia's mother, is her only alibi, but she's not talking. Dahlia tells her story of innocence, but the mounting evidence says otherwise, i.e., a playbook for murder, Daddy Issues, and Dahlia's novel. Dahlia and Roland discover things can always go from bad to worse as they find themselves on vastly different and dangerous paths. When their love and commitment are tested, they must find their way back to each other before facing darker and deeper threats-forevermrshughes and the mysterious black dahlias.