Diana Johnson witnessed her father's execution. To disappear from the drug world and the man who framed her father, she starts a new life with a new identity in San Diego. Glad to finally be free, she allows herself to fall in love with Ashton Powell-a dream of a man who allowed her to cry on his shoulder during her flight to a new life. DEA Agent Ashton Powell's undercover assignment is to befriend Diana and find evidence to use against a powerful drug lord. From day one, Ashton is attracted to Diana, but he believes she is a drug lord's ex-lover. Fearing she will choose to return to the drug world, he fights against his growing love for her.