The cop who will protect her
A tumultuous childhood taught private investigator Merlene Saunders that police are nothing but trouble. Then her latest surveillance job takes a dangerous turn when her subject is murdered and she becomes the focus of the killer. Like it or not, she's hit the police radar, and in steps sexy detective Cody Warren...trouble of a whole different kind.
Against the odds, Merlene feels safe with Cody—he won't let her in harm's way. Very quickly things are intense between them, and her walls start coming down. Now she's torn between the lessons of a lifetime and the urge to open up to the one man she can trust....