Seventeen-year-old Penelope Landlow is the daughter of one of the three crime families that control the black market for organ transplants. She suffers from an autoimmune disorder that causes her to bruise easily, so she's protected from the family business and the outside world. Suddenly, she's thrust into the dangerous world all alone, and forced to stay one step ahead of her family's enemies.

Penelope Landlow has grown up with the knowledge that almost anything can be bought or sold -- including body parts. She's the daughter of one of the three crime families that control the black market for organ transplants. Penelope's surrounded by all the suffocating privilege and protection her family can provide, but they can't protect her from the autoimmune disorder that causes her to bruise so easily. Penny is considered too "delicate" to handle the family business, or even to step foot outside their estate. All Penelope has ever wanted is independence -- until she's suddenly thrust into the dangerous world all alone, forced to stay one step ahead of her family's enemies. As she struggles to survive the power plays of rival crime families, she learns dreams come with casualties, betrayal hurts worse than bruises, and there's nothing she won't risk for the people she loves.