The most beautiful bride he'd ever seen—and she belonged to someone else…

But that wouldn't stop bodyguard Xavier Drake from protecting Zoe Linden with his life. And it would help him to focus on the problem at hand—convincing Zoe to stay with him when she learned he hadn't been hired by her missing fiancé. The gunfi re blazing around them assured she'd remain glued to his side. But it was her unexpected pregnancy that got under this tough guy's skin and brought out every primal protective instinct.

On the run in her wedding dress, Zoe sensed she could trust the stranger who came to protect her. But neither were prepared for the consequences of their unexpected passion under fire…....

The most beautiful bride he'd ever seen—and she belonged to someone else…

But that wouldn't stop bodyguard Xavier Drake from protecting Zoe Linden with his life. And it would help him to focus on the problem at hand—convincing Zoe to stay with him when she learned he hadn't been hired by her missing fiancé. The gunfi re blazing around them assured she'd remain glued to his side. But it was her unexpected pregnancy that got under this tough guy's skin and brought out every primal protective instinct.

On the run in her wedding dress, Zoe sensed she could trust the stranger who came to protect her. But neither were prepared for the consequences of their unexpected passion under fire…....

Finding three children locked in a saferoom wasn't how Lucan O'Shay planned to spend the holidays. Taking the children and their feisty aunt into his home…well, if that's what it took to serve and protect, that's what he would do. Never mind that the aunt, Kyra Wolfstead, was making him crazy. But someone was trying to kill her and take the children. Not on Lucan's watch.

It would take all of Lucan's expertise and self-control to give Kyra and the kids a safe Christmas under his own personal house arrest. But what scared this tough Irish cop the most was his growing hope that this sentence was for life…....

Finding three children locked in a saferoom wasn't how Lucan O'Shay planned to spend the holidays. Taking the children and their feisty aunt into his home…well, if that's what it took to serve and protect, that's what he would do. Never mind that the aunt, Kyra Wolfstead, was making him crazy. But someone was trying to kill her and take the children. Not on Lucan's watch.

It would take all of Lucan's expertise and self-control to give Kyra and the kids a safe Christmas under his own personal house arrest. But what scared this tough Irish cop the most was his growing hope that this sentence was for life…....

The Mission: Transform Plain Jane to Femme Fatale Going undercover in a powerful criminal's organization was Texas Confidential agent Rafe Alvarez's specialty, but he'd never had a partner before. And never one like Kendra Kincaide. He'd transformed the mousy woman into a deadly beauty for the sake of the assignment, but now his own heart was in jeopardy.... Rafe's every kiss made Kendra forget her purpose, his every touch threatened to expose her secret past. Their passion boiled over in the midst of a dangerous mission and put them both at risk. With their cover blown and their identities bared, would their passion survive another night?...