Emotionally adrift after the traffic accident death of beloved policeman husband Billy Dillon, Martina Lambucci Dillon rebounded into two ill-advised marriages, two affairs, a multi-million dollar theft, the murder of her protected witness husband, Robert Costello, and her own near death from a bullet into her stomach. A torturing physical rehab regimen she at first abhors strengthens her resolve to turn her life around. She gains strength, physically and mentally, but pre-wound intimacy with business mogul Phillip Stanton and U.S ranger Ross Vincennes threaten to harm her promising recovery. Both men offer huge financial incentives if she renews their relationships. Stanton heads his own sizeable business and Vincennes hijacked the $3 million Costello stole from Stanton. Stanton's thirst for both Marty and revenge against Costello result in Costello's death. He then sends a killer after Marty's new love, her therapist, Julius Warshawsky.