What Claire de Beaupre knows could kill her . . . again.

Simon Brandauer, head of the elite U.S. intelligence agency Excelsior, blames himself for the capture and execution of his top team of agents during a covert mission in the Balkan Republic. Now, three years later, Simon is shocked to discover one agent survived and is living as the author, Claire de Beaupre.

Claire endured months of brutal torture and remembers nothing of her past. But Simon must risk her fragile memory to unravel the mystery. Then he discovers an unknown assassin wants Claire dead before her memory returns. And Simon realizes he's no longer safeguarding agency secrets, but protecting the woman he loves.