When a confidential file was stolen from the prestigious Colby Agency, it was A.J. Braddock's mission to retrieve it. His assignment: locate Gabrielle Jordan, the enigmatic woman who'd vanished with it.

Except he never expected to find her hiding out in Mexico, safeguarding two boys — the victims of a failed kidnapping plot. But Gabrielle's fierce tenderness toward the youngsters stirred the ex-military man's own protective instincts....

Now, forced to rely on each other to stay alive, neither could resist the passion that simmered between them — leaving A.J. torn between duty and desire....