This is a stand-alone novel containing over 70,000 words of romantic suspense. If you enjoy the characters, you can continue reading more books in the Mastiff Security series. This is the first book of the first series.

Durango Masters was a celebrated detective with the Chicago PD until the day they found his fiancée strangled in his apartment. Charged with her murder, Durango was acquitted, but everything that mattered to him was lost. As Durango struggles to keep his world from falling apart, his best operative is out on a simple protection job that isn't as simple as it should have been. Axel finds himself naked and freezing to death in an old barn, discovered by his target only because the hitman likes to play games. As Durango fights for his freedom, Axel fights for his life against a foe like none he's ever known before. One buries another woman he loves, while the other finds love for the first time.