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Working undercover with the last man she should trust…

Rescuing a “civilian” blew his latest undercover op—but when Special Agent Cody Walker next met the damsel in distress, he was astonished to discover she was a fellow agent! Now they are assigned to the same task force to track down a terrorist cell that has a personal connection to Cody’s past…

While Keira is grateful to Cody, she’s determined to prove she can handle herself professionally But their sizzling ches quiet And as they hunt down the would-be terrorists, they are getting closer—and more personal—than ever…

“What do you think you’re doing?”

“Kissing you again” He didn’t give her a chance to escape

She resisted at first but then surrendered

Desire flooded hi need, rose to the top, and he pulled her closer, wrapping his arms around her

He wanted Needed Yearned His hands clasped her hips and pulled her closer so she couldn’t help but feel his desire

He wanted to lay Keira down in a field of grass with a breeze rippling through it, the wide, blue Wyo their skin He wanted to stroke her skin, to caress her until she cried his na him as he needed her

But all he could do was kiss her Endlessly

Dear Reader,

When I wrote Reilly’s Return years ago, my editor, Mary-Theresa Hussey, toldsecondary character he deserved his own book So who better to write about when I finally sat down to start writing roain?

The problem was, part of Cody’s appeal was that he was so deeply in love with Mandy Edwards, the heroine of Reilly’s Return How could I find a woman to replace Mandy in Cody’s heart? I reread Reilly’s Return until I finally found the clue to the kind of woman Cody needed Someone very different from Mandy, and yet who in one crucial as exactly like her—a woman ould kill or die to protect the man she loved

Enter Keira Jones I hope you’ll agree with me that Keira is the only wo Cody’s tender heart And I hope you enjoy reading Cody Walker’s Wo it