He'd been born to protect. But never had he met a woman like her before.

Wade Lester protected, it's what he did. One rainy night in a strip club, the woman he protected was different and he never forgot her. When they're reunited, he isn't letting Emerson Gere go a second time.

She spent her time pouring over ancient documents. Now she's on the run with the man she never thought she would see again.

Emerson had a total of two flings. One had been an embarrassing mistake and the other, well, it had provided her with a baby. When that baby's daddy comes storming back into her life and it turns into a fight at the OK Corral, she follows his lead to get her out of there. Now, all she has to do is stay alive, find out who wants her dead, and, oh yeah, keep being pregnant a secret from him.

Wade knows his sexy geek is hiding something. Big. He will get to the bottom of it, he just has to keep her breathing long enough to make sure she knows he's never forgotten about her. The truth has a way of coming out and when he learns of her deception everything changes.