His painful past is their present danger The last thing U.S. Marshal Brent Thompson needs is distraction from his work. But distraction–in the form of a sexy Chicago investigator–is exactly what he gets. Jenna Hayward is as alluring as she is determined, driven to help aprehend the murderer who killed Brent's mother twenty-three years ago. With a shared mission–and a steadily rising attraction that jeopardizes Brent's resolve to stay unattached–the pair must work together to get answers…before the murderer makes them his next victims.