RULE #1: I'M IN CHARGEWorking in covert intelligence, Zach Russell knew that three basic rules could be the difference between life and death. There was no room for deviation–especially not the Antonia Castillo kind.RULE #2: WHERE YOU GO, I GOHe'd ignored his strict policy once–and the heiress had been kidnapped as a result. So why, after ten years, was he her bodyguard?RULE #3: NOTHING PERSONALAntonia was no longer a timid beauty–and her new no-holds-barred approach to life made their attraction sizzle. How many rules would Zach have to break to keep the headstrong temptress safe?
Tessa D'Angelo was tougher than she looked. She survived her beloved D.A.dad being linked to a drug scandal, and his unexplained «suicide.» But what she couldn't survive was the stalker who wanted to silence her questions. Enter Jack Chaney, a brooding special agent, who spirited Tessa away to a self-defense boot camp. What single woman wouldn't want to be stuck in the wilderness with a paramilitary George Clooney look-alike who could get the job done without breaking a sweat? But for their mission to work, Jack would have to see past Tessa's Gucci bags and size-four frame, while headstrong Tessa would have to surrender her body and soul to the one man who could help her clear her father's name….
When he began his mission at Blair Memorial, undercover agent Terrance McCall collided with the only woman capable of rattling his equilibrium. Dr. Alix DuCane had grown haughty over the years, and he'd been the one to put the ice in her soul. Their love had been something so strong–something he wanted back….So Terrance assumed she would come running when he waltzed back into her life, did he? Well, Alix had a new life; she couldn't afford to let Terrance shake up her heart again. But the more time they spent together, the more she felt herself slipping back into the love that had almost destroyed her. Was there hope for them to start again…?