S Child welfare social worker Claire Conover is back in Little Boy Blue. She and Grant Summerville have broken up, and she is getting used to being a single foster mother. When Grant is accused of child abuse by a former employee, Regina Maynard, Claire vows to prove his innocence.

Then Regina is murdered, and Claire takes charge of her six-year-old son, Dylan. There is no shortage of suspects in Regina's murder, including Grant himself. Regina had many enemies, including people she stole from and ex-lovers she was blackmailing. Claire and Grant must work together to solve her murder before Grant loses everything.