A cryptic e-mail is sent to journalist Gem Michaels insisting she look into the brutal slaying of a San Diego County family in 2008 that was chalked up to The Mexican Cartel. The e-mail also insists she keeps an eye on her neighbor. At first, Gem thinks the e-mail is nothing but a joke, but her gut tells her that maybe checking out her handsome but odd neighbor is worth her time.
Terrorized and brutalized chemist Dr. Ryan Horner is being held against his will. He knows that if he does not do the bidding of a group who call themselves The Brotherhood that the lives of his wife and children are at grave risk.
Detective Tony Pazzini is the lead detective on Dr. Hamilton’s murder investigation and what he begins to unravel along with Kelly is a shocking web of lies and murder that find themselves questioning those in high positions in Washington D.C. The closer they find themselves getting to the truth, they also find there may be a spark between them. When Kelly is forced to go on the run, Tony is determined to find her before it’s too late.
As the ante is upped, these characters’ lives become intertwined, finally colliding as a race against good versus true evil rapidly ensues. Dr. Kelly Morales, Gem Michaels, Dr. Ryan Horner, and Detective Tony Pazzini search to uncover the truth and expose it behind the deaths and murders that make up Project Covert Reich.