Her orders had come straight from the Pentagon--safeguard Dr. Hawk Lemay at all costs. The renowned expert on nuclear fusion was on the verge of a breakthrough that could change the power balance of the world, and he was being targeted by an assassin.

Emotional attachments had never interfered with Captain Sarah Fox's sworn duty before, but this bodyguard assignment had its...obstacles. For the strikingly handsome scientist was as determined to protect Sarah as she was to protect him, and she had no ammunition to fight the brilliant gaze that shot straight through her heart.