When Klaus Elric, a brilliant yet chemically imbalanced gangster returns to his hometown after seven long years, he isn't expecting to find happiness. However, the simple task of tormenting indebted gamblers quickly lands him in bed with his soulmate, Rosemary Spencer, a vicious and volatile enforcer haunted by the degrading memories of a helpless child. Consumed by equal parts blood-lust and ambition, the love-struck pair suddenly find themselves on the hazardous path towards power. Yet, sins never die and the remnants of Klaus' twisted past soon emerge, threatening to reduce what is left of his crumbling sanity to ashes. Klaus' only hope seems to be the new-found love of his life, yet can Rosemary save him from himself when she is confined to a hell as corrosive as his own?
