Bittersweet reunion.

Five years ago, Catherine Erickson's world shattered the day she learned her fiancé, Lieutenant Ryan Christopher, had been killed in an embassy explosion. She'd lost the man she loved — and the father of her unborn child. And it wasn't until the mysterious Trace Gallagher showed up on her ranch with his hauntingly familiar eyes and gentle touch, that she even dared to think about long-forgotten desires...

Seeing Cat again was like coming home. And learning he had a daughter made hiding his identity pure torture. But as a soldier he had a job to do: protect the Ericksons from a man hell-bent on revenge — at all costs.That meant keeping his feelings locked away, no matter how much they begged for release. Or how badly he ached to love Cat once again...