Her Mother, Her City

After defending her mother from a privileged classmate's cruelty, Nora Vance is forced out of school and into Belhaven's ruthless underworld. When she saves wounded tycoon Silas Thorn, his enemies retaliate by targeting Rita, the mother Nora has spent her life protecting. Refusing to be bought off or frightened into silence, Nora turns a broken motel row into a refuge for exploited vendors while chasing the truth behind her father's suspicious death. But as the men she exposed return with fire and blades, can Nora protect her community without losing herself to vengeance?