Only a year before, they'd shared a wildly passionate affair that seemed to be the love a lifetime -- until the day when reckless and lovely Charley Tremayne vanished from Reese McDaniel's arms. Leaving with no explanation, no promise to return, Charley ran -- chasing a perilous dream in a world of intrigue -- a world with no room for her love for Reese.

But suddenly they were thrown together by work, on a project that neither could leave ... and they discovered that the fury of their need for each other had only deepened with time. How could Charley explain to Reese, the one man whose lips could possess her soul, that she'd chosen to make danger her lover instead of him? Reese felt her torment, and finally understood: only boldness could recapture the heart of the woman he'd dare anything for ...