Kennedy James has spent sixty years searching for the one who murdered his true love. Even the supernatural gift that has made him the most effective contract killer in history hasn't helped, and after a recent fire destroyed all that he had left of her it seems he suddenly and inexplicably can no longer remember her face. With a congenital heart defect now threatening to end his quest in failure, an unexpected new contract leads to decades-old clues. But it's the mysterious and seemingly omniscient little neighbor girl, Ashlee, that soon has him questioning whether he was ever strong enough to see it through.