Ashley Barker's world is thrown into turmoil when her brother is killed and his murderers show up at her front door. Fearing for her life, she fakes her own death and goes on the run while she tries to find a way out of her predicament. Soon, however, an unexpected diversion in the form of sexy and infuriating Dominic Jackson has her running scared for an entirely different reason. Ex-cop Dominic is fighting demons of his own, and when Ashley crashes, literally, into his life, arousing dark reminders of his past, he is tempted to ignore her plight. But his fierce sense of justice and an intense, red-hot attraction to the intriguing beauty won't let him.