Gray McAllister is taken back to Roshkov's house, having found that leaving her past behind is nearly impossible. Thane Blackwell is determined to save her, and will go to any length to succeed. Gray's heart is broken, her freedom taken away, but she is still protected by Alexei. But reality has a way of laying the cards on the table and with the harsh truth of sex trafficking staring Gray in the face, she soon faces a decision that will change her life. And maybe put her life in danger. Can Gray go up against her captors? Can she do some good while she is held within the mansion? And when the time comes will she be able to lay her life on the line for all the women held in the basement? The stakes are impossibly high in this final instalment of the Desperation series, but courage, family and love may be the only way to come out alive.