Alex Porter wanted to join Uncle Fred’s family business. After years of intensive training he suddenly realized he had chosen the wrong career. He discovered he didn’t have the Killer Instinct, until he meets the exasperating, yet attractive Sharon Gillespie. Headstrong and immature, Sharon Gillespie quit college over her father’s objections. She wanted to experience the surprises and drama of Real Life in order to become a Famous Writer. When Sharon saw her neighbor murdered she agreed to be a witness. Within days she was on the run. Only minutes ahead of the killers, exhausted and desperate, Sharon and Alex meet. He had helped her escape but Sharon’s suspicions about this handsome stranger quickly escalate. Forced into a fragile truce, despite their mutual distrust, Alex reluctantly agrees to help Sharon. After all, he had been trained by his Uncle Fred, the most notorious professional assassin in the world, The Mummer.