This Marine will protect her at all costs...When wealthy heiress Alyssa Brooks finds out that her stepfather paid her fiancé to marry her, she feels humiliated and betrayed. She quickly breaks off the engagement and is blackmailed by her now ex-fiancé, who threatens Alyssa and her son, whom she gave up for adoption. With nowhere to go, she turns to the only man she can trust. Former Marine sniper Hunter Reese's deadly skills could save Alyssa's life. But his little sister's best friend has grown into a woman who is an irresistible mixture of secrets and sexuality. Hunter can protect her, can he keep his attraction a secret... or even pretend that he is the man Alyssa remembers. Because the only way to keep the beautiful heiress safe is to become the only one she can never love. .. killer.