If only life had background music. Maybe then, Esmund Isaacson, berserker and US Marshal, would have known it would be wise to avoid Elsie Boynton. She appeared to be an ordinary and boring woman with a desperate request to rescue her friend. But what was supposed to be a simple rescue mission became precisely the opposite. Now, a woman Esmund would never have spared a second glance at has ensnared his heart while her secrets threaten to destroy everyone he loves.