Alayla Annesley is as lethal as they come. Beautiful, fierce, loyal, and dead set on protecting the ones she loves. When her boss sends her on an assignment to Utah, she never dreams how much her future is going to change. Or that the children she is sent to protect are being hunted by the same immoral monster who has been after her since she and her cousins escaped his dungeon ten years ago. When his mother has a vision of children stranded alone in the mountains, Callen Cantrell knows he will do whatever it takes to find them and keep them safe. His bear will accept no less. What he doesn’t realize, is the danger stalking them is more deadly than anything he’s seen before. Danger aside, he has no idea at the level in which his patience is about to be tested. Everything he has hoped and planned for is about to land right on his doorstep. Alayla and Callen are both dead set on protecting the children from the bastard chasing them. What they were not ready for, was having to fight their feelings at the same time. With a war about to rain down on them, can they overcome their emotions in time to save the children, themselves, and the ones they love, before it is too late?