Kathryn O'Hara knows there's been an explosion, but she doesn't know if Brent is alive or dead. Sinking into a hot bath to calm her shattered nerves, she feels a vise-like grip on her body, a hand over her mouth. Brent McQueen -- devoted father, Kathryn's ex-husband -- pulls his shocked and naked ex-wife close to him. He is very much alive, and a little desperate. A faceless killer is playing cat and mouse, stopping at nothing to retrieve a stash of stolen diamonds that Brent claims he knows nothing about. For Brent -- and now for Kathryn -- life has never seemed more precious . . . nor passion so totally beyond control.