<blockquote> <p> <i>USA Today</i> bestselling author Stephanie Laurens takes us on a journey of extraordinary adventure. </p> </blockquote> <p> Four bold, brave, and determined ex-officers of the Crown band together to destroy the traitorous fiend known as the Black Cobra. </p> <p> He races to complete their mission against escalating odds?his task made more perilous when he loses his heart. </p> <p> She's determined to defy convention and live a solitary life?until she tastes the reckless pleasure found only in his arms. </p> <p> Drawn together by fate, united by fiery passion, they pursue their shared destiny . . . one they'll live to see only if they unmask the Black Cobra. </p>