River Dogs

The first time Zoe Tate went to Jackson Clay, she was after his truth. Now, with danger closing in, she needs more than answers—she needs the one man who can tip the scales between survival and disaster.

As an investigative journalist for a true crime podcast, she thinks she’s onto something big. Patterns in police cases across Virginia point to a mysterious force quietly delivering justice. She believes that force is Jackson Clay.

Jackson refuses to have his life exposed by Zoe, but when her troubled brother, Zay, takes part in a problematic heist and his partners skip town, Zoe returns to Jackson not for a story but for what he does best: helping those who have fallen through society’s cracks.

Zay’s misdeeds find him under the thumb of a violent gang leader in Richmond and it's Jackson – along with his right-hand man, Bear – who take up the task of getting Zay clear of this trouble. But politics and influence move in unpredictable ways in the capital of the Commonwealth, and the two soon discover Zay has fallen into a tangled web of power that stretches as far as the halls of municipal government.

As Jackson works to free Zay of the mess, he grows closer to Zoe, allowing him to feel things he’d shut himself off from after the loss of his wife. Together, the two explore the depths of their shared grief, perhaps finding the missing pieces to their broken selves in each other.

Life and salvation are on the line, but the currents of the River City are fast and fleeting.

And their dark waters mask what lurks just beneath the surface.