Catherine Davis is a thief. She learned long ago that emotional ties clench around the heart like a fist. No one walks away from love unwounded. So Catherine leads her life on the emotional periphery, taking money from people who'll never miss it, never getting close enough to care. She slips from one life to another like a ghost, escaping one identity and assuming another, never leaving a trace.

But when TV producer, Ryan Hollister, catches her at her game, he ends up demanding the ultimate forfeit and tumbles Catherine over the edge of a path to self-discovery.