Cat Miranda returns to her childhood home in Bisbee, Arizona, to take over her brother's art gallery following his untimely death.
On her first night home, an intruder breaks in.
Cat quickly realizes that she is being targeted by a murderer with links to an 8-foot tall painting in the gallery titled Kissed.
In her struggle to stay safe, Cat finds an ally in Miles Trevelyan, a charming visiting British scholar.
The heat rises with more assaults on Cat and between Cat and Miles, too, as their fe.