After she loses her job, Claire Barlow's bad day turns worse when she finds a dead body in her neighbor's kitchen. A bomb is just seconds away from exploding, when a madman shows up and finds her hovering over the body. At gunpoint, he forces her into the dead woman's car and they drive away just as the bomb explodes.
Ryce Knight mistakes the woman for one of the hit men hired by the politician he's scheduled to testify against. Somehow the bad guys have found out the address of his last three safe houses. Escaping once again, he decides, this time, not to inform the law of his whereabouts until time for the trial.
After he discovers Claire is his new neighbor and not one of the henchmen out to prevent him from testifying, it's too late. She's seen and knows too much and is in as much danger as he is now. Ryce feels he must keep her with him to keep her safe. However, he doesn't count on his attraction for her creating a situation that becomes as explosive as the bomb they barely escaped.
