Camille Bissonnette is an expert at filing asylum applications for foreign nationals, the FBI her biggest client. Ready to turn down her next assignment for personal reasons, she hesitates only a second, before she agrees to take the case. The man in question is Russian and she's intrigued. Is he a journalist, a spy or someone more dangerous?Maxim Skolikovsky isn't willing to give anything away, not even his real name. Where he comes from, you're smart not to trust anyone. If he chooses wrong, it could mean the difference between life and death. When the attorney assigned to him by the FBI comes knocking on his door, he opens it to a lot more than he bargained for.Maks begins to relax his guard when Cam becomes his fighter, but as she uncovers things that only a few people know, he begins to doubt he can trust her after all. With his life in the balance, can he afford to cut her loose? And if he does, will he be able to live without her?