For Elizabeth Campbell, disguised as Elena Martin, life isn't about walking away from the man who had imprisoned her for half a decade. Not anymore. Now it's about running. It's about searching. It's about escape. When threats lurk around every corner, and all leads are dead ends, she turns to the one man she knows will help her.Max Logan has loved Eli all his life and had gone as far as committing a murder for her. Then she disappeared from his life. Now she's back. Not as Eli, his childhood friend, but as Elena Martin, his karate student. He knows she's in trouble and thinks he's prepared to do anything to help her. But when a string of weird accidents and mishaps begin to occur, Max can't help but wonder. Is Eli responsible for what's happening, or is she as innocent as she claims? How can he be sure? And how far is he prepared to go to find out?