He's in hot pursuit...and she's determined not to become a casualty of love.

SWAT officer Ben Crewes has never forgotten the mystery woman whose voice comforted him in the night after he was shot by a hostage taker . A voice he never managed to connect with a face.

Years later, a chance encounter with reporter Nina Lang feels strangely familiar, and although he regards bloodsucking newshounds with the same contempt as perps, he feels something he hasn't felt since that sexy voice soothed him in the darkness.

Long ago, Nina learned the risks involved with men in dangerous professions. But by the time she realizes he belongs to the voice from that long-ago night, the connection sizzling between them is too hot to stamp out without leaving a mark on her soul.

The smart move would be to walk away. Before she gives in to the kind of heat that forges futures--the kind that could simply end in another painful memory.