Her dad said nothing could hurt their relationship. But what if he isn't her dad?

Summer gets off to a rocky start for twenty-year-old Rae Riley when Rae's con man Uncle Troy returns to Marlin County, Ohio. Rae's father, Sheriff Walter "Mal" Malinowski, warns her to steer clear of Troy. He's convinced Troy conned 5 of his cousins from the outlaw branch of the family to jump him a few years ago.

But it seems like wherever Rae goes, Troy is lurking on the edges. When she and her cousins Amber and Coral find Troy beat up outside a local mall, Rae's desire to help anyone in trouble kicks in. But her assistance only leads to trouble and the horrible conclusion that Troy might be her birth father. Even worse, Mal is angry at Rae for endangering herself and her cousins.

Then the ex-wife of family friend Jason Carlisle has also returned to the county, claiming their youngest child Sylvie isn't his, but the daughter of Ashley Carlisle's new fianc