Tired of living in fear of an abusive ex-husband, Cat Tyler is taking charge of life by learning to fly. Unfortunately, she discovers what true fear really is when her cross-country flight ends in a forced landing. Now she's trapped in the Montana wilderness with her flight instructor, Josh Buchannan—a jerk who's been riding her butt since she first stepped into the cockpit. She definitely doesn't like the attraction that has sprung up between them. Worse, someone is trying to kill them.Josh doesn't wait to find out why they've become a target—or who's behind it. Instinct takes over and Josh spirits Cat away to safety. Yet, while on the run, he discovers that an incident from his past, one he's tried to forget, connects him to Cat. He was in charge of a failed mission in which her parents lost their lives. Is this her twisted way of getting revenge? Josh can't trust Cat, but he protects her as they narrowly escape fiery graves, not once but twice.Unwittingly, the two are fighting more than trust or attraction. An unknown terrorist cell has unleashed its secret weapon—a human Trojan horse—which gives a new meaning to terror.As Cat and Josh struggle to stay alive, their trust in each other is threatened at every turn. Josh senses Cat's somehow involved in this mess and works doubly hard to keep his attraction to her under control. Still, he craves her belief in his innocence, impossible once she discovers the truth about his involvement in her parents' deaths.As they work together to uncover the plot that threatens western civilization, they must come to grips with the past in order to create a relationship built on mutual trust in the future.