They thought they could take her away from him. They were dead wrong. A young girl, alone and on the run from a murderous sex trafficker … Felicity Miller’s short life has been one long nightmare of abandonment, abuse, and pain. Desperate to avoid being sold to a mysterious buyer, she risks her life to escape. A quietly strong woman with her own painful past promises to protect her at all costs … Christina Lambert is O’Halleran Security International’s brilliant and indispensable office manager. Behind her effervescent smile and upbeat attitude lurks a dark and excruciatingly painful past that left her scarred inside and out. When a desperate and distrustful young girl enters her life, Christina enlists the help of a man she’s been avoiding for months. A man she can’t get out of her heart no matter how hard she tries. A lethal man who loves them both enough to kill for them … Devlin Masters was a deadly Marine Recon Scout Sniper until a family crisis compelled him to return to his hometown of Whidbey Cove. The highly-trained killer he thought he'd left behind in Afghanistan returns with a vengeance when someone goes after the woman he loves. No one hurts Christina or Felicity without paying the ultimate price.