<p> Sam Reston?s world is dangerous, uncertain, violent . . . with no room in it for the helpless and weak. Then the most beautiful woman in the world moves next door to him . . . </p> <p> Nicole Pearce?s life is complicated enough. The last thing she needs is to get involved with a secretive, hard-bodied, hard-headed neighbor. Yet Sam leaves her breathless?her body tingling with desire?and it takes every ounce of her fabled control to resist offering herself to him, no strings attached. What she doesn?t know is that Sam Reston is on an undercover assignment . . . and she?s about to step into the crossfire. </p> <p> Never has Sam ached for a woman so badly. Now Nicole?s in grave danger and he will become her shield. Because a terrorist plot hatched half a world away is heading to their doorstep?and it can be derailed by only one man and one woman. </p>