<strong>The killer she can't escape . . .<br>The heartbreak she can't forget . . . </strong><br><b>The one man who can stop them both.</b><br><br>When Samantha Fairchild witnesses a murder in the wine cellar of the restaurant where she works, the Harvard-bound law student becomes the next target of a professional assassin. Desperate for protection the authorities won't provide, Sam seeks help from Vivi Angelino, an investigative reporter who recruits her brother, Zach, to protect Samantha. A Special Forces vet with the scars to prove he's equally fearless and flawed, Zach takes the job, despite the fact that he and Sam once shared a lusty interlude that ended when he left for war and disappeared from her life. Now, as they crack a conspiracy that leads to <ST1:PLACE w:st="on"><ST1:CITY w:st="on">Boston</ST1:CITY></ST1:PLACE>'s darkest corners, Sam and Zach must face their fears, desires, and doubts, before a hired killer gets a second shot...