Irina Ismaylova kills people . But she doesn't kill for pleasure, or money, or to save her own life. She kills at the behest of Sergei Krupatin, a Russian crime lord who exerts a shadowy, heartless hold over her. Desperate to escape his madness, Irina has no choice but to believe his promise to free her . . . after one last mission for him. But she soon learns her odds of surviving her new assignment seem improbable.

FBI Special Agent Cate Cuevas has just learned of a devastating personal betrayal by her recently slain husband. Crushed and shaken, she jumps at the chance to divert her misery by accepting the most challenging and dangerous undercover assignment of her career.

The leaders of three great international crime organizations are planning a secret meeting in Houston. The implications are stunning. The FBI's only chance to stop this ominous alliance depends upon Cate being able to infiltrate the Russian contingent. And her odds of surviving are nearly as bleak as Irina's. And ironically, Irina is her target.

But when Cate and Irina meet, each playing her clandestine role and maneuvering through layers of lies and deceptions toward their objectives, they discover a mutual and powerful empathy for each other.

As the two women fight to survive amidst the elaborate and cunning stratagems of violent men who are using them, their relationship becomes an ever-more-intricate dance of the heart, and neither woman foresees the consequences. Only one of them survives. But they remain forever united through the life of a little girl.

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