As an FBI agent hunts a kidnapper in Baltimore, a night of passion with her new partner has her dangerously distracted, from the USA Today–bestselling author.

After a long absence, FBI agent Althea Pritchard has returned home to Baltimore, but it already feels like history is repeating itself. A teenage girl has been abducted—just as Althea was eight years before. The ordeal left her determined to capture such criminals, and she's more prepared than ever. There's just one problem—her gorgeous, irresistibly sexy new partner. A man she knows intimately, yet not at all . . .

Special Agent Damien Wade is shocked to discover his new partner is the same beautiful mystery woman with whom he recently shared one night of incredible passion. But bowing out is not an option. Inevitably, as the kidnapping case intensifies, so does their relationship—especially when Althea becomes the target of danger. But she has vowed never to be a victim again. And now with Damien by her side, she has more to live for than ever . . .