Even in a city of long, tall beauties, psychologist Christina McMullen is used to getting <br>hit on. But she&#8217;s definitely not accustomed to having a hit on her. Until the day a charming stranger shows up at her door&#8211;and someone guns him down right in front of her.<br><br>For Chrissy, shootings and explosions are what pass for normal in her tempestuous <br>relationship with sexy LAPD lieutenant Jack Rivera. But the real mayhem begins when her brother Pete blows in from the Windy City trailing clouds of trouble in the form of a pregnant girlfriend, &#8220;borrowed&#8221; money, and a mobster named &#8220;D.&#8221; Chrissy always said her family would be the death of her&#8211;but even L.A.&#8217;s sassiest shrink isn&#8217;t prepared for the truth behind her brother&#8217;s link to the dead stranger&#8230;or the killer who threatens them both.