Dr. Lucy Merritt knows all about pain, losing her parents who were CIA operatives as a child made her want to live a normal comfortable life and she does, restoring old manuscripts. Her plans did not include returning to the Himalayn Kingdom of Nhala working for the CIA to uncover a terrorism plot against her country.

U. S. army Captain Mike Shafer is on his last training mission before returning home to take over the family business when he's pulled from the mission and assigned to accompany Lucy. There objective is to find a flash drive in the Himalayn mountains that contains a plague which could wipe out an entire city or town in minutes. Because of her relationship with the princess of Nhala, Lucy is allowed to return to the palace to authenticate a manuscript not knowing someone else has an agenda of their own in regards to Nhala. Lucy is nothing but a pawn.

Mike is constantly surprised by Lucy's survival techniques having believed her to be an academic nerd despite her beauty. Pretending to be lovers is no hardship for either of them since the attraction has been there from their first meeting but more people are dying gruesomely as the product is tested and they are running out of time. Will they have the courage to accept the ultimate sacrifice to save the world from a mad man?

Bio-terrorism and an unforgettable couple captures a reader's imagination in this riveting romantic thriller that's sure to garner Ms. Jennings a whole new host of fans eagerly awaiting more from an author who knows her stuff.