"You, Ms. Paige, will cooperate!"

But Devon Paige wouldn't cooperate. She hadn't achieved her hard-won independence only to relinquish it to some bodyguard.

Grey Carmichael was trouble--Devon knew it instinctively. And she suspected if she ever let the handsome federal law enforcement agent get the upper hand, trouble would have to be redefined.

Still, with or without her cooperation, Grey was determined to protect her. And judging by the fire and passion she'd glimpsed behind his stern mask, that meant buying one kind of safety at the price of another....