Life changed for Erica Baird when her mother, a whistle-blower on a drug-laundering scheme, was forced into the Witness Protection Program. Erica left everything behind - even her name (and grew up far from her Miami home, in a small town in the middle of nowhere, somewhere in the West. Overnight, Erica disappeared - and Amanda Maxwell was born. The grownup Amanda, now called Max, has turned her photography hobby into a career as a forensic photographer with the New York City Police Department's Crime Scene Unit. Only one person in the world knows who she really is - her powerful father. When he is found dead at his desk, Amanda knows that her past has caught up with her - and that her future is filled with danger. Unable to confide her secrets even to her new lover, Amanda must be on her guard at every moment. Even so, her anonymity is threatened...and somebody wants her dead.