She nearly cost him his life.
Now she needs him to save hers.
Special Agent Tru Barrow's investigation into a human trafficking ring is pointing to involvement by a colleague's family...a family of wealthy ranchers, oilmen, and political officials. Kaden Rawlings is the best source to the intel she needs. But including him in the takedown of his family will put an end to any chance of the heat between them leading anywhere. Then there's the fact that because of her, Kaden's already crossed paths with the traffickers who ambushed him and left him for dead. He's suffering from PTSD, his leg is held together with metal rods, and now she's manipulating him, the man she's falling in love with, to put the bad guys away. How can they get past such a betrayal?
Kaden's only just returned to search and rescue following a medical leave when he's pulled onto Tru's team. He likes the resulting rise of tension between them, even though it makes it hard to keep his mind on the job. Still, it's pretty clear she's not telling him everything he needs to know to do it. What he never wanted was to get his answers due to a threat on Tru's life. Neither was he ready for learning the truth of Tru's secrets...secrets he fears will force him to choose between his loyalty to his family, his oath to uphold the law, and his feelings for her. How can the woman intent on ruining him be the one he carries in his heart?
In the wild and untamed region of Texas's Big Bend, where the brutal mountain desert shows no mercy, can Tru and Kaden survive the risks to their lives...and their future?
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A native Texan, Alison sold one of the first of her over fifty published works live on the "Isn't It Romantic?" episode of CBS 48 Hours. The resulting book, CALL ME, was a Romantic Times finalist for Best First Series Book. Alison's book, A LONG, HARD RIDE, part of Harlequin's 60th Anniversary celebration, was nominated for an RT Reviewer's Choice Award for Best Harlequin Blaze of 2009. STRIPTEASE, a 2003 release from Harlequin Blaze and part of her popular gIRL-gEAR series, was also an RT Reviewer's Choice Award nominee.
Her 2005 Kensington Brava release, THE BEACH ALIBI, was a nominee for the national Quill Awards, sponsored by Reed Business Information. Alison is also the author of THE COMPLETE IDIOT'S GUIDE TO WRITING EROTIC ROMANCE, and her 2009 novel, NO LIMITS, was a Cosmopolitan Magazine Red Hot Read. THE SECOND CHANCE CAFE, the first in her Hope Springs series from Amazon Montlake, was a 2014 RITA finalist in contemporary romance.
If there's a better career out there than writing, she doesn't want to know about it, as she's quite happy putting pen to paper in the backyard of her Texas home. That's where she lives with her petroleum geologist husband, three rescue dogs, and a colony of not-quite-feral cats, battling the heat each year to raise a bumper crop of tomatoes and jalapeno peppers.