Pandora Sheridan isn't all she seems. The face she presents to the world belongs to a beautiful, successful owner of a boutique and a fledgling day spa, holding things together on the strength of her forceful personality and her business acumen. From the outside looking in, one would think her life was easy and highly favored, but Pandora has deep dark secrets and a double life. She's a highly skilled and very efficient assassin, trained personally by her first love, the notorious and very elusive Smoke. The luxury of Pandora's lifestyle is financed mostly by Fabian Gregory, the reprehensible drug overlord who has his hand in most of the trade in Brooklyn and uses Pandora's services on a regular basis. Fabian is haunted by and obsessed with Smoke who took the life of his much loved son, Wolf, and he's determined to flush him out to be dealt with. Pandora has problems of her own. When she meets Michael Harris, he has the potential to become the love of her life, but Pandora is still involved in a dead love affair with Tariq, one of Fabian's highest minions. As it turns out, Michael has a few secrets of his own. Fabian is an excellent puppet master as he sets everyone up for a cataclysmic showdown in his efforts to have Smoke resurface, and all are left holding their breaths to see if he'll get his wish.