The child of devout evangelical parents, Sage was born a boy but always knew there was something about him that was different and unacceptable in his father's eyes. When the first boy Sage ever loves rescues him from his abusive family, he believes that this is the beginning of the life he has always dreamed of. Little did he know that not only would this relationship introduce him to the world of trans women, but that the young boy he had loved would become a controlling and angry young man with too many secrets. Sage has to become transgender to pass in his world.
Sage finds him dead one morning. Sage goes on the run to Thailand to make a drastic change. Sage is afraid of being accused and going to jail and ruining is her only option. Finally Sage comes back to New York to search for the killer.

Sage is a dark transgender, coming of age, romantic murder mystery. Sage'story is told from birth to present.