Miranda Beckett has been born and bred in Chicago and with that comes the knowledge that the city built firmly on criminal enterprises by every group that could gain ground is still a city where crime is as much of the economy as the retail shops and hotels that line Michigan Avenue. Just like others in Chicago a blind eye is a content eye until it's all brought into sharp focus by her younger brother one late night. He owes money to the head of the IRA in Chicago.

It isn't money Declan Kelly wants, it's her. Her expertise as an accountant to audit his books and find who is stealing from him, that's it he tells her but his eyes tell her there's more.
Without even being quite sure how and why she agreed, a deal is struck and Miranda wonders how long she can fight the need for a man she can't have. It's one thing to know what Declan Kelly does and another to allow herself become involved with him. She is sure she can keep Declan at bay, she has no plans to become a gangster's girlfriend or lose her heart to him.