‎When Natalie Raines, famous Broadway star, is found in her home inCloster, New Jersey, dying from a gunshot wound, her former husband,Gregg Aldrich, whom she was in the process of divorcing, is the chiefsuspect. What no one knows is that, only days before she was murdered,Natalie accidentally came face to face with the man who killed herformer roommate, Jamie Evans.Two years later, career criminalJimmy Easton, comes forward to claim that Aldrich hired him to kill hiswife, but he turned the job down. Based on Easton's testimony, Gregg ischarged with the murder of his wife.Handling the case is EmilyWallace, an attractive thirty-two-year-old widowed assistant prosecutor.As Aldrich's trial is making headlines, Emily's boss, Ted Wesley, warnsher that this high-profile case will reveal personal matters about her,such as the fact that she had a heart transplant. And, during thetrial, Emily experiences sentiments which defy all reason and continueafter Gregg Aldrich's fate is decided by the jury.