Nicole Beauviore has many talents. She is intelligent and seductive and possesses the instincts of a hunter. With the sting of a scorpion she has delivered death to enough men to scar her soul forever. But to serve a higher cause and protect the innocent, she has willingly traded any chance at salvation - until handsome Daniel McCurren steps into her life with a dire warning. The French have set an elaborate trap to catch the beautiful assassin. Nicole doesn't trust Daniel, but the attraction that draws them together is irresistible, a mounting flame of desire that threatens to obliterate all else. And as their enemies circle ever closer, Nicole will find that the greatest risk she's ever taken is to place her life, and her heart, in the hands of a man who doesn't know her darkest secrets.