**COMPLETED** Politics is a world Chance Dice Sanders is all too familiar with. Thrust in the middle of his family's political careers, he ran off to join the Coast Guard. His fearlessness and impulsive decisions earned him a reputation as a rescue swimmer. It wasn't long before his fame in the water earned him a position on Rescue Team Nine. He had it all: power, money, and women. But there is one thing he wanted most ... her. Henderson Ranch was struck with disaster the day a flood hit the town of Mayberry, Mississippi. Cloey Henderson didn't think it could get any worse until her brother went mad and was killed while being sought after for kidnapping. Finding solace in the arms of Dice becomes an escape for both of them. But passionate love affairs based on lust don't always last forever. There's a secret bound to bring them back together. Dice is determined to protect her, but she's just as determined to keep him away. Has Dice found the one girl that will cause him to hang up his playboy ways? Or will Cloey's secret prove to be too much?