Two women. Two terrifying crimes. No connection between them-except that neither is supposed to escape A Miami prostitute's body surfaces in the Everglades. When Detective Al Warner learns other women have vanished from Miami streets, the single murder implies something far more sinister.
Undercover cop, Nicki, takes a dangerous gamble, posed as a streetwalker, looking to be abducted, a hidden tracking device her only lifeline. She's imprisoned in a secret bordello on a remote Everglades island, amidst trapped women who have little hope of escape. Her captors take her possessions ... and the tracker. She must find a way to retrieve it.
Miles away, Maggie accepts a lucrative offer as a surrogate for a wealthy couple. For nine months of secluded luxury, she'll earn enough to change her life. But when another woman there disappears just weeks before giving birth, Maggie realizes
the mansion isn't a sanctuary. It's a prison. And the child she carries is worth far more to her "hosts" than she is.
With Nicki's tracker silent and Maggie desperate to escape, Warner races to uncover two seemingly unrelated crimes. Somewhere in the Everglades, innocent lives hang in the balance-and time is running out.
>They're commodities.