New York Times bestselling author Karen Robards is back with an
exhilarating romantic thriller that will leave readers breathless.
Feisty criminal attorney Jessica Ford has done her best to comply with
the orders of the Secret Service's unofficial witness protection program
ever since she became the lone witness to the First Lady's murder. She
changed her name, dyed her dark hair blonde, and traded her sturdy
black-rimmed glasses for contact lenses. Unfortunately, winning her
first high-profile case for prestigious Washington, D.C., law firm Ellis
Hayes, and subsequently landing her face all over the news, is not
exactly "keeping a low profile." Or so says hunky Secret Service agent
Mark Ryan, whose newest assignment--despite Jess's stubborn protests--is
keeping her safe at all costs. It just so happens he's also her
ex-boyfriend.
The trial earns Jess a permanent spot on the firm's elite legal defense
team, replacing an associate who eloped suddenly and never came back.
It's the chance of a lifetime. But Jess's mind has raced with questions
from the moment the prosecution's star witness shocked the courtroom
with an electrifying revelation involving the handsome son of a powerful
U.S. senator. Was the pretty, young mother intimidated into changing her
story on the stand? Why will she not return Jess's calls? Did Jess's
ambitious predecessor on the case really just abandon her successful
career? Or did both women mysteriously disappear?
After Mark rescues Jess from an attacker outside her apartment, she
begins to consider the possibility that she is a target. Maybe it's not
so bad to have her irresistibly charming and hard-bodied former lover
around for protection. Maybe. The question is, which of the many
inadvertent enemies Jess has made recently is he protecting her from?
The investigation leads her to some startling coincidences--and to a
teenage runaway who may just hold the missing link...if Jess can find
her.
As Jess hurtles closer to the truth--and the sexual tension between her
and Mark grows hotter than ever--she finds herself in a race against the
clock to find the answers before what she doesn't know gets them both
killed.
