Kelly Fitzgerald was no stranger to the injustice of life, to the pain selfish people inflict on the innocent, so when she sees a horrific crime being committed, she is willing to do what is necessary to make the criminal pay for his crimes. While she is willing to give her life to this cause, is she willing to give her heart, a heart that was shattered in one of those horrific crimes, to a man sure to hurt her?

Sean Reilly learned as a small child that love had no place in his life; that is, until he finds a friend in a damaged woman and becomes the father to a child that should not have lived. Bert and Seamus are his family, and that should have been enough, but when he is thrown into the same room with a red-haired woman with sad green eyes, he discovers that he is willing to give his life, and his heart, to make those green eyes sparkle.

As Kelly and Sean try to stay one step ahead of a cold-blooded killer, they must learn to trust again, to take the chance that love will overpower hurt, if they are going to have the prize that only family can bring.