Seasoned, act-first-ask-questions-later Detective BD Harte is assigned to protect Maggie Sullivan when she’s targeted by an escaped serial killer he’d put away once. Getting up close and personal with the sensuous widow he once felt an inappropriate temptation for threatens BD’s emotional distance. Attraction quickly flares into an irresistible passion, forcing him to wage a battle of self-control, while smothering his longing for the life he almost had…and still covets.

After one too many violent taunts, single mother Maggie Sullivan invites Detective Harte to conduct his all-night stakeouts from inside her home. Her sense of security dies when her home is broken into and she discovers Harte’s been investigating her late husband. She struggles with her attraction to him, but his understanding, tenderness and the blazing passion he awakens are yearnings she’s never known…and still desires.

Can two wounded hearts come together as one in time… Or will the killer seeking a powerful key to nuclear weaponry ensure they never have the chance?

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