A bright, hopeful little girl grows up to be a traumatized and conflicted young woman after witnessing cold-blooded murder and enduring maternal abuse. She plots revenge. But her hard heart is softened by memories, a Message, and a man.

Grace is Joe King and Sindee King's daughter. After the divorce, she lived with her father - an honest man of God who had been a criminal in his youth. He died tragically, and Grace was forced to live with her criminal mother. Confused and alone as she grows, Grace becomes increasingly aloof and cunning. When she hears the voices of the men who killed her father, she begins to plot revenge. But her hard heart is softened by memories, a Message, and a man.—Brian K. Burns