Navy SEAL Kel Bennett is still alive, although gravely injured from the Saint Squad op that thwarted a terrorist attack in the southwestern U.S. While his wife Marilyn is relieved to have him stationary in a hospital bed, the backlash from the foiled terrorist mission brings Halim Karel to the States. When Marilyn becomes a central ploy in Halim's revenge plan, she struggles to find needed trust and confidence in the military man she loves.

Meeting a dire end after double-crossing her lover, a ruthless crime lord, the cynical, amoral, and manipulative Drea returns to life a changed woman and joins forces with the FBI to become a guardian of the defenseless and the lover of an enigmatic stranger.