Trust no one

Helen Eastman has concluded that her only escape is to fake her own death and build a new life far from danger. One night, however, a chance meeting with a stranger derails that plan and exposes her to a different kind of risk.

The stranger is Nick Thorndike, a reckless cop who is exactly the kind of man Helen has every reason to keep at a distance. After he pulls her from a storm-battered cliff, he discovers that she is a crucial witness in an undercover case he is working, and that she is someone he cannot easily put out of his mind.

Nick is not the hero Helen has imagined, but he is determined to show them both that the surest protection she can have is his embrace.