Ashley Pepper is a king maker. She’s young, powerful in the cutthroat world of Washington DC’s who’s who, and too busy to fall in love. Work has been the only thing she could concentrate on until a sexier than hell man walked into her office door. Now all bets are off. When his strong arms are around her, no amount of intuition seems to matter. But every word is a lie. Each sweet caress a treason act intent on gaining her trust. FBI’s Special Agent Max Armstrong never meant to fall in love with the woman who clearly has covered up a murder to climb the ladder of success. With each passing day, the criminal he knew and the woman he’s fallen for are in danger. Can he be both investigator and protector and find out the truth?