Tobias Butler has been sitting on death row since being sentenced for a gruesome murder in 2007. Bored out of his mind, he decided to apply to the online pen pal program in 2012. It's a pleasant distractionnothing more, nothing lessfor three years, until he's contacted by a beautiful, smart young lawyer named Jess. She's convinced he's innocent and wants to see him freed. As they organize their attack on the judicial system, he wonders how she plans to get his conviction overturnedbecause he's guilty, and he knows it. Jess is desperate to release himand he's desperate to feel his hands squeeze the life out of her once she does.