Each of us wears a mask. A beloved fiancé may turn out to be a vile traitor; a random acquaintance may be an executioner from a secret Order; and even one’s own mother keeps secrets that will forever shatter familiar notions about the world. Could an ordinary woman—a neurosurgeon—have imagined that saving a seriously wounded patient would change her life forever? And now she must avoid assassination attempts, sort out her own desires, and find the strength to believe in love. But the price of happiness may be unimaginably high…