Cecilia "Cece" Thompson is having a hard time of things. She's been jobless for half a year, and the stress of taking care of her beloved younger brother - providing the best for him - is driving her to sleepless nights. When the opportunity for a job comes up, she leaps at the chance. Little does she know that working for District Attorney Alexander Cross will be more than she could ever have imagined; and that a dark secret unknown to both of them with threaten the fabric of their relationship. 
Alexander Cross has always been self-dependent. Since the death of his mother, he's sworn to bring injustice to heel in Manhattan, one criminal at a time. However, new PA Cecilia Thompson breaks into his ingrained schedule - and plagues his thoughts - in a way he can't ignore. Can she break through his hard outer shell? Or will he shun her when he discovers the dark secret behind her parentage?