The first time had been hard...the second time would be impossible

Bailey Flowers should have known a man who'd been to hell and back would break her heart. But now ex-mercenary Terrence Sullivan was the only man who could help her locate her missing sibling — before the police framed her sister for murder!

These former lovers thought they could set aside personal feelings to solve an increasingly bizarre — and deadly — investigation. But when their simmering passion exploded in an all-consuming desire, Bailey knew this tortured mercenary needed her help. Because the only key to Sullivan's salvation lay in her ever-loving arms.