The moment she saw him at the club, accountant Cassandra Adams knew she'd found her candidate for an anonymous one-night-stand. Pirate-like handsome, he signaled danger in capital letters - just what she needed before assuming her role as CEO of her father's South African weapons manufacturing company. Steaming hot sex was the last thing on Jake Pierce's mind when he agreed to protect the new boss of Adams Armory Incorporated after someone tried to kill her. However, when Cassandra Adams walked into the office, Jake found himself battling memories of tangled sheets and sweaty bodies. While Cassie and Jake surrendered to the passion between them and tried to keep their hearts out of the equation, someone watched from the shadows. Biding his time. Craving revenge.