Former LAPD cop turned reluctant mercenary, Elliot McRae has never set foot in Surrender, Montana. So why are the police suddenly so insistent on hauling him there, against his will, for a missing persons case? He’s screwed, as one particular – particularly beautiful – FBI Agent delights in reminding him. You don’t just get to blow up a warehouse full of bikers and walk away, even if you’re avenging the suffering of innocents. This woman owns him. And he’ll have to do whatever she damn well pleases to avoid a pretty pair of silver bracelets and life without parole. Detective Isobel Sazerac loves the thrill of the chase. Finding hidden things is this FBI agent’s super power, and she always works alone. But when her latest missing 'thing' is a federal judges 19-year-old daughter, even she may need a helping hand. Oh, she’s also an unapologetic man-eater. She knows Elliot is the key to solving this case. And she’ll go far beyond the call of duty to make sure he helps her succeed. Isobel and Elliot have danced this dance before, but the stakes weren’t nearly as high. Isobel knows Elliot. Elliot knows Isobel. Intimately. But neither of them knows the dark things, the hollow, empty places inside each other that demand to be revealed. At least, not yet. '