Luke Adams was a secret agent with a death wish: wherever there was trouble, he was likely to find it. But he was good at his job. He sniffed out felons like a bloodhound, and when the felons began transatlantic deals, Adams was sent from New York to the UK to liaise with the Brits and get those felons sent down. The last thing he'd expected when he arrived however, was to have been partnered with a woman. Was that the Brits' twisted sense of humour, partnering the yank with a woman? But he hated to admit it; he'd been totally wrong about her. It turns out that outsmarting mobsters was her forte, and she did it in heels too! But when a phone call from New York had sent him running back to protect Danny, who was like a brother to Luke, from the Borellis, the most notorious Mafia family in New York, he hadn't had time to inform either his MI5 boss, or Charlie, of the reason for his temporary absence. On returning, the Brits had shipped his regretful ass straight back to New York. And that had been that. No more working with Charlie, no more stimulating encounters, flirting and late nights working together to out foil the bad guys... So, in his utter frustration and fury, he had set himself the task of bringing the whole damn Borelli family to justice in New York. But nothing could erase Charlie from his mind, and when finally Luke was forced to admit that he'd bitten off more than he could chew with the Borellis, there was only one person who could help him to survive.
A fashion designer, Celeste, longs for the truth about her tragic childhood and losing her parents. She turns to the only man who's taken care of her, Donovan Evanston, who doesn't want her to know the truth and lies to her causing her to fall into the hands of the bachelor, Luke Stone.
Luke stone is the best of the best at landscape designs as well as handling the family business. He's not afraid to get his hands dirty in anyway possible. The only thing he isn't good at is loving someone. When he agreed to help his business partner's daughter in finding her parents he comes across shocking truths that lands Celeste in his house and his bed. However, now all eyes and guns are on both of their heads.
How much can Celeste endure while finding her real family and falling in love?
~Preview~
"I did us both a favor! You asked for a job with me and I accepted it. This is all that will be going on between us so drop it and get in the car!" He went to open the door and I pushed it back shut.
"No, tell me why you stopped... You've been flirting with me and touching on me since we met. You got into my phone and added yourself as "Daddy Luke" and asked me to sleep with you. Now that you've finally got close enough to do anything you choose to drop everything. No, I want to know why. Tell me." I demanded.
He turned and faced me. "Why? It's cause I'm not what you expect. I'm not full of love and happiness. I can't love you like you'd want. I'm not like them men you read about in books or see in movies. I can pretend but in the end you'll get hurt. I could tear you apart if I wanted to. Take away that halo above your head and fuck you into oblivion. I've killed people for my own enjoyment. Tortured, stole from, and threatened people. Do you still want to kiss me? Hmm? I don't think so. Get in the fucking car, Celeste."