U vrijeme političkih previranja i niza malverzacija, mladi agent tajne Škotske službe dobija zadatak da se infiltrira u Ameriku postajući sjena najmlađeg senatora, tridesetpetogodišnjeg Nicka. Senator Nick je čovjek čiji prljavi prsti dosežu čak i do Ujedinjenog kraljevstva raspirujući mržnju i potežući pitanje nezavisnosti Škotske. To ne bi bio posao kojim bi se bavila tajna Škotska služba na teritoriji Amerike da se senator Nick ne bavi trgovinom bijelim robljem koja se odvija na tržištu između Amerike i Škotske. U žarištu potrage za dokazima protiv senatora upada njegova djevojka Jordan Donovan. Kada Nick misteriozno nestane, Jordan potpuno nesvjesna njegovih prljavih poslova okrivljuje samo jednu osobu, njegovog „prijatelja" Adama. Nakon što njena prijateljica Sheena odseli u Škotsku radi osvete, Jordan je odlazi posjetiti. Na tom putovanju ona nakon tri godina prvi put sreće Adama. Da li će njena mržnja prema njemu nadjačati sirovu požudu koja je gura njemu u naručje svakog puta kada ga ugleda?

Killearn 1994.godina, Škotska. U porodičnoj kući Buchanan, desetogodišnja Sheena postaje svjedokom ubistva rođenog oca. Da bi se zaštitila od strica ubice, ona uz pomoć dadilje i majčine porodice odlazi u Ameriku. Nakon sedamnaest godina ona se vraća u domovinu spremna na osvetu i povrat svega što joj je oduzeto. Međutim, da bi uspjela u svom naumu potrebna joj je profesionalna zaštita. U pomnoj potrazi za zaštitarskom agencijom upoznaje tridesetpetogodišnjeg Declana MacKaya, vlasnika zaštitarske agencije "HAWK". Po prvi put u ovih sedamnaest godina, Sheena se morala suočiti sa osjećanjima drugačijim od mržnje i osvete. Po prvi put Sheena će morati da odluči da li će nakon sedamnaest godina pustiti ljubav u svoje srce...

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