Ryker Black accepts who and what he is. Working as a hired hit man, he kills for a price without remorse. When he's called to do a job, a young woman becomes a witness to the killing. He should have taken her out, too, but he can't. He wants her...so he keeps her.

Fiona Sterling has lived a sad life since her entire family died in a plane crash. The one person that she considered a friend is now dead. Everything changes when she's taken away by a man that makes no mystery to the fact he wants her.

With death and danger following them, Fiona and Ryker find solace and pleasure in each other's arms. But can two damaged people become whole again?