Their paths collide on a mission. Heās working undercover. So is she. But they are on two very different sides of the law.
A highflyer in the CIA, Ryan Quinn is used to hunting down the worst of the worst. Manipulation is the game. And he is exceptionally good at the game. His latest case involves him playing the role of a wealthy and bored businessman as he sneaks into the inner circle of some very dangerous individuals. The tool he uses to get into that circle? The lovely and innocent Simone Sailor. Fun factā¦Sheās using him. Men always underestimate herā¦Too bad. Thatās their mistake.
Simone has a job to do, and nothing will stop her from achieving her goal. She has some trinkets to retrieve for a very upset family. Retrieval specialistāyep, thatās her. She thinks that title sounds so much better than sayā¦thief. So she lies, she pretends, and she gets the job done. One hundred percent success rate. Playing innocent and fooling her marks? Please. Thatās something that she can do in her sleep. Except this time, she finds herself getting a little too close to one of her targetsā¦the gorgeous and seemingly clueless Ryan. A bored but way too sexy billionaire. A man who has a touch that sends wildfire racing through her veins. Sheās distracted during her heist. He distracts her, and she gets caught in the act of retrieving property. And death is the punishment. For herā¦and for Ryan.
Uh, oh. Simone may have underestimated the danger in her latest job. When she and Ryan are suddenly kidnapped, she realizes that, for the first time in her life, she could seriously use a heroā¦and turns out, Ryan is not the useless rich boy that she assumed. Heās smart, heās incredibly dangerousā¦and Ryan just killed someone without blinking in order to save her life. Oh, and alsoā¦heās saying that sheās under arrest. That he has to keep her close, twenty-four, seven, and that there is now an exceedingly large bounty on her head. Sheās his prisoner. His leverage. Andā¦his absolute obsession.
Simone is not innocent. She is not sweet. She is going to drive Ryan absolutely and utterly insane. He crossed lines with herāso many complicated lines. Heās killed for her, and he will do whatever it takes to keep her alive. Sheās now a very important witness, and the CIA intends to leverage her knowledge of the international crime world. Butā¦Ryan just wants her. And the longer they are together, the hotter the desire between them blazes.
But liars arenāt supposed to fall in love.
Too bad because Ryan is pretty sure that heās falling hard for gorgeous Simone. Now, if he can just keep her alive, if he can capture all the bad guys who want her dead, and if he can prove to her that, for the first time in her life, sheās finally found someone that she can truly trustā¦then maybe this spy will have a chance at a happy ending with the pretty thief who may have stolen his heart. Authorās note: Simone never thought that sheād need a protector, but now, her life is on the line, and a good guy is the only one who can keep her alive. On the run, thrown together in close confines and chaos, with their enemies fast on their trailā¦she has no choice but to rely on Ryan. As for Ryan, heās about to prove to Simone that this good guy knows all about playing dirty, fighting hard, and burning down the world in order to protect the woman who was meant to be his.
Their paths collide on a mission. Heās working undercover. So is she. But they are on two very different sides of the law.
A highflyer in the CIA, Ryan Quinn is used to hunting down the worst of the worst. Manipulation is the game. And he is exceptionally good at the game. His latest case involves him playing the role of a wealthy and bored businessman as he sneaks into the inner circle of some very dangerous individuals. The tool he uses to get into that circle? The lovely and innocent Simone Sailor. Fun factā¦Sheās using him. Men always underestimate herā¦Too bad. Thatās their mistake.
Simone has a job to do, and nothing will stop her from achieving her goal. She has some trinkets to retrieve for a very upset family. Retrieval specialistāyep, thatās her. She thinks that title sounds so much better than sayā¦thief. So she lies, she pretends, and she gets the job done. One hundred percent success rate. Playing innocent and fooling her marks? Please. Thatās something that she can do in her sleep. Except this time, she finds herself getting a little too close to one of her targetsā¦the gorgeous and seemingly clueless Ryan. A bored but way too sexy billionaire. A man who has a touch that sends wildfire racing through her veins. Sheās distracted during her heist. He distracts her, and she gets caught in the act of retrieving property. And death is the punishment. For herā¦and for Ryan.
Uh, oh. Simone may have underestimated the danger in her latest job. When she and Ryan are suddenly kidnapped, she realizes that, for the first time in her life, she could seriously use a heroā¦and turns out, Ryan is not the useless rich boy that she assumed. Heās smart, heās incredibly dangerousā¦and Ryan just killed someone without blinking in order to save her life. Oh, and alsoā¦heās saying that sheās under arrest. That he has to keep her close, twenty-four, seven, and that there is now an exceedingly large bounty on her head. Sheās his prisoner. His leverage. Andā¦his absolute obsession.
Simone is not innocent. She is not sweet. She is going to drive Ryan absolutely and utterly insane. He crossed lines with herāso many complicated lines. Heās killed for her, and he will do whatever it takes to keep her alive. Sheās now a very important witness, and the CIA intends to leverage her knowledge of the international crime world. Butā¦Ryan just wants her. And the longer they are together, the hotter the desire between them blazes.
But liars arenāt supposed to fall in love.
Too bad because Ryan is pretty sure that heās falling hard for gorgeous Simone. Now, if he can just keep her alive, if he can capture all the bad guys who want her dead, and if he can prove to her that, for the first time in her life, sheās finally found someone that she can truly trustā¦then maybe this spy will have a chance at a happy ending with the pretty thief who may have stolen his heart. Authorās note: Simone never thought that sheād need a protector, but now, her life is on the line, and a good guy is the only one who can keep her alive. On the run, thrown together in close confines and chaos, with their enemies fast on their trailā¦she has no choice but to rely on Ryan. As for Ryan, heās about to prove to Simone that this good guy knows all about playing dirty, fighting hard, and burning down the world in order to protect the woman who was meant to be his.