Welcome to the tropics, where the weather isn't the only thing that gets HOT! Bombings, worlds apart, throw two survivors together. Troy, a mental wreck and physically damaged due to his last tour as a Special Ops soldier, is asked to protect Shayne from an unknown enemy. Is he up to the task? Can he keep his emotional distance from a woman who has become all too important to him?
Shayne Peterson cheated death when she survived a bombing at a Tampa country club. Still, she fights a nightly battle against the terror of being trapped under the rubble and her inability to identify the man who left the deadly package. After a move to Sanibel Island, she finds herself surrounded by former Green Berets. She feels safe-until it becomes obvious that she's not.
A suicide bomber in an Afghani marketplace left Troy McKenzie, Special Forces soldier and former ladies' man, disfigured. He should have died that day-punishment for his arrogance and misplaced trust. Unable to get past the memories and the boy he couldn't save, Troy returns to Sanibel, seeking the support of his former brothers-in-arms.
Soon Shayne and Troy are battling their unexpected, and ill-timed, attraction to one another while staying one step ahead of a killer.
