The Darkwater Inn stands tall and proud in the French Quarter, the hub of New Orleans. Bourbon Street is bustling, and general manager Adelaide Fountaine has her hands full with a hotel at capacity. But she is shocked when a body is found: a hotel guest stabbed with a kitchen knife. Detective Beau Savoie, Adelaides childhood friend, is on the case. As Beau digs into the victims past, he unearths a shocking connection between Adelaide and the murdered guest. Beau is hurt that his friend - the woman hes quietly loved for years - kept the truth from him. To make matters worse, the stress of the investigation has sent Adelaide right into the comforting arms of her coworker Dimitri. But Beau cant press Adelaide too hard ... because hes keeping secrets of his own. Can Adelaide and Beau afford to hide from the truth with a killer on the loose?
