Jayne Dennagee has spent her life running from the "doctor death" legacy of her father, whose euthanasia methods ruined her childhood. Changing her name to Becka, she takes on a new life caring for the ailing mother of a handsome young businessman. But when her patient passes away under unusual circumstances, Becka's unnerving heritage makes her look like a murder suspect. Then a phone call from prison wraps a suffocating shroud around her heart.