When Lt. Sam Starrett shows up at his ex-wife's home in Florida, he finds the body of a brutally murdered woman - and his young daughter gone. FBI agent Alyssa Locke is dismayed to find herself assigned to the case. Her relationship with Sam has been nearly catastrophic, yet it refuses to end. When Sam is linked to an assassination plot, Alyssa is faced with an impossible dilemma: arrest a man she believes to be innocent, or risk her career. With their intense attraction simmering between them, Alyssa and Sam are forced on the run to discover the truth, and find Sam's missing daughter, but they have no idea how deadly hot this situation is about to become...