<p>Vowing to protect her has nothing to do with feelings.</p><p>Detective Pete Crane catches a new shooting case and considers it business-as-usual. But when the lead witness is the Chief of Police’s fiery assistant he never anticipated she’d challenge him—personally and professionally.</p><p>Little do they know the shooting she and her grandmother witnessed was anything but random.</p><p>Thrown together their attraction sizzles even though she’s squarely in the hands-off zone. She makes him break every rule in his little black book.</p><p>Nikki Harper has been attracted to Pete since they met two years ago. Witnessing a brutal shooting throws her into a stigma that’s always been her greatest fear: a victim. She has no choice but to accept his protective custody and let him help save her and her beloved grandmother.</p><p>Can Pete protect his witness and solve the case while fighting the intense heat with Nikki?</p>
