Seventeen-year-old Shay Thorton finds herself homeless after an unforeseen tragedy shatters her world. With only her dog, Finnegan Pete, by her side, she searches for safety in an otherwise cruel world. Will she succumb to the brutality of the streets or find the safety she craves?
One night while scavenging for food, Shay stumbles upon a murder in a dark alley. Recognizing the girl responsible as Beatrice--an old friend from high school--Shay makes a desperate choice and confronts her, risking her life in exchange for shelter.
Beatrice, now the powerful general manager of a boutique hotel, agrees to give Shay and Finnegan a place to stay in exchange for her silence. Shay soon finds out that she's made a deal with the devil as she discovers the hotel hides more than luxury behind its doors.
Shay is thrown into a world of deception as she and her serendipitous ally, Madge, dig deeper into the underbelly of the hotel and uncover a network of secrets far darker than either of them imagined. Trapped between the streets she fled and a world of corruption she's caught in, Shay struggles with knowing who to trust before the truth costs her everything.