Lean, edgy former police detective Jack LaCroix had forty–eight hours to clear his name and keep his freedom. To do it, the escaped prisoner needed attorney Landis McAllister – the woman he'd once thought would share his life. The woman who thought he'd betrayed her.

Landis had just pulled her life together. Now Jack was back, compelling her to believe in him despite the damning evidence, proving with a touch that the ashes of their fiery past still smouldered. With the law on their heels and bullets flying at their backs, could they rekindle their trust in each other and find the proof Jack needed before time ran out?