Powerful, predatory, irresistibly male, Matt Sterling has been called a solider of fortune -- and worse. But for Eve Blackwell, he’s the perfect man for a dangerous job: to track down Alejandro Delgado, Eve’s wealthy ex-husband, into Mexico. There, he must rescue Eve’s young son Chris, who has been abducted by his vengeful father.

To the desperate Virginia beauty, this perilous gambit is her only chance of getting her child back alive -- even if it means placing her trust in a man who is even more dangerous. To Matt, it’s the last job before he trades in a hazardous career of intrigue for a well-earned future as a rancher. But for their scheme to succeed, Matt and Eve must enter into a charade of a marriage. Only one thing threatens their plans: the risk- growing with each stray glance, each heated caress -- of falling recklessly, passionately, in love…