A fallen Catholic angels prostitution operation has started up in Washington, D.C., without fitting into the protect-but-control, reality-based political order monitored by police Vice cop, Hardesty, victim to vice fetish himself but a good cop in fighting evil and keeping gay male sins of the flesh in control in the nation's capital. The situation worsens when the rent-boys of fallen-angel stable of the new prostitution ring start to be offed in what appears to be religious ritual killings. Already disgruntled and at loose ends because his young, high-end male escort roommate and lover, Toby, is on an assignment in Europe from which Hardesty fears he will not return, the detective finds himself up to his neck in a nonstop race to prevent the next ritual killing and bring the Michael's Haven prostitution operation under control.