From her birth as the love child of a rich Southern family to her childhood on the streets, beautiful assassin Selena McCaffrey had one option: survive. Now she wants to put the past behind her and start a new life with the man she lovesbut her enemies have other plans. Someone has put out a half-million-dollar contract on Selenas lifeand two of the worlds most elite assassins have taken the job. As Selena and homicide detective Tony Ceola race from Tulsa to Atlanta to Alabama, what they discover will change their lives forever: a scorching secret about Selenas past, about her mothers deathand about how close her worst enemy really is.From the Paperback edition.