Ariel has a job to do and she never mixes business with pleasure. As satisfying as their night together has been, she can't allow her interest in sexy Alexander Padget to go any further, particularly after her boss insists she work with the man. She has a serial killer to stop and an upward career step to accomplish. Alex needs to bring in their quarry for personal reasons, but not to the same kind of justice Ariel plans. Capturing the small fish will give him the big one, the drug lord who supplied the goods responsible for the deaths of Alex's family. How can both keep their secrets and reach their goals—and still keep their hands off each other?