The book places you in the lifestyle of a young girl who grew up among dangerous criminals. Her parents were killed by the same streets that raised her. Lonnie became Bees lover after murdering her parents, but she will seek revenge on all who had a part in it. Bee went against Lonnie to become the city crime lord.

How do we function in a world which is both as randomly and intentionally cruel, as it is randomly and intentionally kind? Can we make sense of our lives when so much around us makes no sense? In this, the final book of the trilogy, we find out what it means to be a ""man who loves too much."" More importantly, we discover if Billy Green is such a man.