Courtney was happy to be back in Tampa especially after her little stint though hell in California with her ex. Nothing could have prepared her for what her old flame had put her through, but now everything was back on track and in her eyes... Perfect. Her past was now behind her and she had married the perfect man - he was handsome, sexy and successful... what more could a woman ask for. Everything was excellent until she finds out that her husband has been poisoned... Everything about her perfect life can to an abrupt stop with her husband Sydney asking her one question... One question that...

It has been 2 years since Sydneys death and nightly Courtney Roulette dreams of it as if shes right there; the explosion of her husbands truck haunts her and this is just the beginning as she is still in a struggle to maintain control of IXion Industries and the men(gangsters) of the 9... Her friends Nina Carleton & Nick Styles are by her side through the turmoil shes facing, and her husband left her in the comparable hands of his trusted advisors, Mr. Robles and Mr. McGregor, to help her.

But are they enough?
Her primary enemy is none other than her husbands best friend Bobby "Jangles"...