Marly Gentry is a fast rising star in the world of pharmaceutical marketing, responsible for opening new international markets and gaining market share beyond what anyone could expect of a small, privately owned company. But while on a business trip, her life is forever turned upside down. She meets sportswriter Jake Weatherby and they begin a torrid affair until Marly's life is shattered when Jake is killed in a terrorist bombing in Tel Aviv. Distraught and full of uncontrolled anger, she vows revenge. While aiding the Israeli Mossad in identifying the terrorists, she is recruited as an assassin by a secret elite group of the CIA. Marly is found to be uniquely qualified and continues to use her business travel in pharmaceuticals to travel undetected as she carries out her "contracts". But when injured on a mission that goes awry in Paris, she is left with amnesia, only to be nursed to health by her recruiter Marcello, and once again finds herself in love. This time, their vow, she is certain, will last a lifetime. Keenly observed and intricately plotted, David Wolff's debut novel is not only a fascinating tale of vengeance, served with edge of seat suspense at the end of a pistol, but it is also a moving, torrid love story as intimate and engaging as any romance novel can be.