In the second installment of the Forbidden trilogy, it has been four years since attorney Michael Tucker defended Sara Goldstein, the Long Island heiress, against murder charges. Now she is suing him! As Michael comes to terms with his true feelings for Sara, he unwittingly uncovers the truth behind Uncle Charlie's murder, as well as an unsolved murder from years' past. By exploring the present and the past, Forbidden Night begins to decipher the mystery of the carousel horses, and answers the question: did Sara really kill Uncle Charlie?