"A smile will get you far, but a smile and a gun will get you farther" -Al Capone. Federal Agent Alex Turner deals better with guns than boyfriends, and prefers it that way. Her emotional range is bleak, but her aim is damn near perfect. Thinking saving the world is a far easier task than dating, Agent Turner springs at the opportunity to prevent young scientist Marcus Gibbs from selling his biological weapon to the highest bidder. With her goal in sight, and Marcus eating out of the palm of her hand, an obstacle she doesn't see coming interferes. Meet Jeremy Hunt -- the distractingly handsome CEO of Sunscape Biotechnologies, and Marcus's boss and best friend. A man who is accustomed to getting what he wants, Jeremy's never been one to take no for an answer, which has Agent Turner realizing for the first time that her wit might get her farther than her weapon. With no protocol or training to reference when it comes to matters of the heart, she worries that this might be her hardest assignment yet. ------------------------------------------ MESSAGE TO READERS: This book has been reduced to a preview in preparation for its publication! Release Date: November 15, 2013 (Book trailer posted with first chapter) Please check my wattpad profile, facebook page, and website for updates and giveaways! Also, I'd love it if you added this book to your Goodreads :) I also wanted to say a BIG BIG BIG thank you to all the awesome people who have taken the time to read this story that I loved writing from beginning to end. Without all your support (kind words/votes/messages), I wouldn't be taking this book on its current journey of the wide open world! So thank you. I owe you a big shout out and so much more! ------------------------------------------

I am nameless. I signed myself up for school using fake credentials, desperate to find a way to escape my life. My boyfriend and parents abuse me, but I can do nothing about it. When a fellow student reaches out his hand to help, and I take it, everything changes for the worse. ~~~ Lori George has nothing. Her parents care for her only to fetch their drinks, and to use as a punching bag. Her boyfriend claims to love her-swears up and down that he does-but can't seem to keep his harmful hands off of her. She's not allowed to be friends with boys, ever. No exceptions. Well, except for Chris. Despite previous efforts, he just won't leave her alone. Not that she minds, but if Terrance were to find out...the effects would be devastating. One day, she can't take it anymore, she has to get away. So she leaves-runs, actually. Only for a few days, but when she comes home back home, she almost wishes she'd never left.