When Alicia Bellows is found beaten to death behind an abandoned nightclub, Tate Valley, California Detectives Alexis Adams and Penelope Dao are on the case. Alicia's murder leads them to a host of possible suspects including Alicia's married lover, and one of her closest friends who might know more about Alicia's murder than she lets on. Alexis becomes even more obsessed with getting Grant Copeland while sacrificing her job and relationship with Kevin Reed. Kevin gets jealous of Alexis' attention on Grant and wonders if she'll ever move on from the past. The lovers vowed to let nothing keep them apart, but Grant might be too much of a distraction for their romance to survive. Alexis comes up with a master plan to get Grant to admit his sins, but soon realizes that it won't be easy to beat the player who invented the game.