All Jack Preston has ever wanted is freedom: from his father's oppressive political reign, from his mother's dying memory, from his own guilt in the part he's played to get George Preston to the top. When an assassination attempt is made on his father's life, Jack is thrown into a dangerous game of lies and espionage, and as his whole world destabilizes, he finds himself turning to the most unlikely person for help.

Alex—the assassin who started it all; the man whose face haunts Jack's dreams—becomes his only ally. As they come together to fight a bigger enemy, Jack's attraction becomes a risk too large to take and too powerful not to. Will falling in love with a dangerous killer play right into his enemy's hands? Or will Alex risk everything to protect the son of the man he was sent to murder? Loyalties will be tested and sacrifices made, but Jack will learn that some things are truly worth fighting for.