With a young daughter to raise and multi-million dollar hotel chain to run, the last thing Stephanie Mason wants is a relationship. But she's looking for a man--to keep her hotel safe. Enter Jack Kaufman. Ex-Navy Seal, former mercenary, and security specialist, not to mention dangerous and pulsing with raw sexuality, Jack is exactly what Stephanie needs--and everything she doesn't. Yet after a game of cat and mouse too seductive to resist, Jack charms his way into Stephanie's bed--and her heart. But Stephanie isn't the only thing Jack is after. He wants something priceless to them both: Christina, Stephanie's adopted daughter--and, as fate would have it, Jack's biological child. It's a truth that unleashes a chain of threatening events even Jack may not be able to stop. If he doesn't act quickly, he may lose everything, and everyone, he's been fighting for all along.