Professional Desires Series 01 Madeline, a narcotics specialist detective, lives a life of quiet contentment behind carefully built walls. After a buy-bust operation goes sideways, she comes face to face with Axton, her ex-boyfriend, who introduces himself as the new police captain of their department. Working together, they try to bury the past under duty and discipline. But the more they keep their emotions out of the way, the harder it becomes to ignore what never truly disappeared.