Navy SEAL Brett 'Cutter' Weaver is on a mission to Nicaragua when he learns his bride-to-be, Tess Kelly, has been injured in a car bombing. At Homeland Security's demand, he's rushed home on the next available transport and arrives to find Tess embroiled in three controversial stories. One may offer the key to her attacker.On top of the emotional and physical upheaval of the bombing, Tess has been offered the journalistic opportunity of a lifetime at the Washington Post, and is torn between her love for Brett and the need to prove herself to her father, a famous war correspondent. If she accepts the job, she and Brett face living on opposite sides of the country. With their wedding two weeks away, she has temptations to face and tough decisions to make.Serving as her security detail, Brett sees Tess's remarkable investigative reporting skills in action, and acts as her sounding board and partner. He's willing to sacrifice to ensure her happiness, but more, he wants to keep her safe. Because there's a killer stalking her, and one interview at a time, they mean to catch him.