Laura Taylor has married Jake for the sake of his child---a gambit for security in a bitter custody battle. A veteran of Air Force intelligence circles, Laura knows her husband's clandestine world---she took her vows with her eyes open and her heart shut, knowing there would be no love, no happily ever after. In Jake's deadly arena of special operations, his high-risk missions mean no guarantees of anything, especially future.

But a horrifying conspiracy has made Laura an unwitting pawn, drawing her into Jake's own deadly war within a dark, dangerous mission. Here nothing is as it seems, and truth is found in shades of gray. Soon Laura and Jake are fighting not only for their lives, but for a love and destiny they can no longer deny.