As the founder of the all-female Rosato & DiNunzio law firm, Bennie Rosato hides her big heart beneath her tough-as-nails exterior, and she doesn’t consider failure an option. But Bennie was never able to do right by Jason Lefkavick, who was sent to a juvenile detention center for defending himself against a class bully. Years later, the case still haunts her. And now that Jason has ended up in trouble again, Bennie sees no choice but to help him.
Jason, who has spent most of his life in and out of prison, has been indicted for killing the same man who bullied him as a kid. Even though Bennie doesn’t know whether to believe Jason’s claims of innocence, she knows she owes him for past failures―of the law, of the juvenile justice system, and of her own. Forced to relive the darkest period of her life, Bennie will do everything in her power to find the truth. Even if doing so means risking what matters most to her. Because there are a few secrets Bennie has herself…and one man who is at the center of them.
身為羅氏女性律師事務所的創辦人，班妮．羅薩托選擇隱藏她寬容的一面。外在表現堅毅的她，絕不容許失敗犯錯。但在傑森．里夫阿維克因反抗同學霸凌而被送進少年監護所時，班妮當時卻無法為他伸張正義。多年之後，這個案件仍讓班妮耿耿於懷，如今傑森再次陷入麻煩，班妮不得不幫忙他。
傑森的一生幾乎都在反覆進出監獄，他被指控殺了孩童時期霸凌他的那個男人，即使班妮不確定傑森是否無辜，但她知道因過去的錯誤，無論在法律、少年司法制度或者個人層面上，她都欠他一個公道。班妮被迫再次面對人生最黑暗的經歷，這次她將竭盡心力找出真相，即使這樣做會讓她有可能失去最珍視的人事，因為班妮本身也有許多秘密，而這些秘密都與某個男人有關。