At the reading of her fathers will Maria Slade receives shocking newsas a four-year-old shed witnessed her prostitute mothers murder and been taken into hiding by the well-meaning preacher whod raised her as his ownMaria remembers none of that But now shes determined to flush her mothers killer out of hiding and discover the identity of her birth father She heads to Tulsa Oklahoma where she meets Detective Bodie ScottEmpathizing with this beautiful woman looking to find out who she really is he opens the decades-old case file Their investigation leads them down a dangerous path where no one is what they seem Where a father does not want to be found And a murderer has like mother like daughter in mind for Maria
