Convicted when an eyewitness spotted him fleeing the scene of a vicious murder. Imprisoned for five lonely years among hardened criminals. Patrick O'Roarke's training as a CIA agent didn't prepare him to be an inmate. And nothing prepared him for Natasha.... An enthusiastic schoolteacher and amateur chef, Natasha Gwynne worked hard to make a comfortable life for herself after her brother Nathan's murder. But when O'Roarke is released from prison and arrives on her doorstep proclaiming his innocence, she's forced to question everything she thought she knew. And as the enemies that targeted Nathan get her in their sights, she'll have to lean on the man she once despised...and trust him with her life and her heart. Stripped of the resources he had at his disposal in his professional life, Patrick is a lone protector. And when Natasha's home is damaged by gunfire, his suspicions about her peril are confirmed. He will do anything in his power to keep her safe. But will he be enough?