When professional house-sitter Lila Emerson witnesses a murder/suicide from her current apartment-sitting job, life as she knows it takes a dramatic turn. Suddenly, the woman with no permanent ties finds herself almost wishing for one… Artist Ashton Archer knows his brother isn’t capable of violence—against himself or others. He recruits Lila, the only eyewitness, to help him uncover what happened. Chalking up their intense attraction to the heat of the moment, Lila agrees to help Ash in trying to find out who murdered his brother and why. From the penthouses of Manhattan to grand Italian villas, their investigation draws them into a rarified circle where priceless antiques are bought, sold, gambled away, and stolen; where what you possess is who you are; and where what you desire becomes a deadly obsession…

李拉．愛默生專門幫外出旅行的屋主看家。在最近這次的看家工作中，李拉目擊了一起殺人後自殺的案件，自此生活有了巨變。一夕之間，李拉這個從未希冀過擁有穩定關係的女人開始渴望一段愛情…艾許頓．阿契多是名藝術家，他深信自己的親兄弟不論是對自己或他人都絕不會使用暴力。艾許頓希望李拉這位唯一的目擊者可以協助調查事情的真相。李拉發現自己愛上了艾許，便欣然答應幫忙找出真正的殺人兇手和背後的原因。從曼哈頓的頂層豪華公寓到富麗堂皇的義大利度假別墅，李拉和艾許頓的調查讓他倆得以一窺買賣、偷竊與輸光高價骨董的過程。在這圈子裡，你所擁有的財物決定了你的身分，而你所渴望的事物將會成為致命的吸引力……