Ashton Mahone is gobsmacked when his mothers tells him a fifty-year old secret on her death bed. Her illness has brought him from the edges of war as a journalist and he pledges to find the stranger who is his father. Not realizing he held a fortune, he shows it to his art gallery friend, who shares it with others. Within a short time, Ash is fighting for his life and running to get answers. . When he realizes they've followed him, he must trust a stranger who has secrets of her own. Dodging the thugs from San Francisco, he jumps on a cruise ship in a roundabout journey to Paris and soon...